---
title: "Little Stint"
description: "Calidris minuta — Uccelli. The little stint (Calidris minuta) is a very small wader."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/little-stint
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Little Stint

> Calidris minuta — Uccelli. The little stint (Calidris minuta) is a very small wader.

- Scientific name: *Calidris minuta*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Laghi e fiumi)
- iNaturalist observations: 14222
- Wikidata: [Q27232](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q27232)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3838](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3838)

## Names

- en: Little Stint
- de: Zwergstrandläufer
- es: Playero Menor
- fr: Bécasseau minute
- nl: Kleine strandloper
- pt: Pilrito-pequeno
- pl: Biegus malutki

## Countries with the most observations

RU (4014), ZA (1010), IN (986), ES (731), FR (550), IT (534), PT (399), DZ (371), TZ (341), GR (298), GB (295), UA (215)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_stint

## Photo

![Little Stint](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/little-stint/medium.jpg)

Photo: Andy Kleinhesselink · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20169965

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/little-stint?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).