Little Stint
Calidris minuta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusCalidris (Calidris Sandpipers)
- SpeciesCalidris minuta (Little Stint)
The little stint (Calidris minuta) is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America and to Australia. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific minuta is Latin for "small. Wikipedia →
<5% of wildlife watchers report a Little Stint sighting in Chobe National Park, based on 40 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
Closest Relatives at Chobe National Park
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
African Snipe
Gallinago nigripennis
Marsh Sandpiper
Tringa stagnatilis
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
Great Snipe
Gallinago media
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Little Stint in Chobe National Park?
About 3% of wildlife watchers report a Little Stint sighting in Chobe National Park, based on 40 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.
When is the best time to see Little Stint in Chobe National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Little Stint in Chobe National Park in our monthly data.