---
title: "Kleinste strandloper"
description: "Calidris minutilla — Vogels. The least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is the smallest shorebird."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/least-sandpiper
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kleinste strandloper

> Calidris minutilla — Vogels. The least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is the smallest shorebird.

- Scientific name: *Calidris minutilla*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren)
- iNaturalist observations: 71364
- Wikidata: [Q913052](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q913052)
- iNaturalist taxon: [3864](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/3864)

## Names

- en: Least Sandpiper
- de: Wiesenstrandläufer
- es: Playero Diminuto
- fr: Bécasseau minuscule
- nl: Kleinste strandloper
- pt: Maçariquinho / pilrito-anão
- pl: Biegus karłowaty

## Countries with the most observations

US (46530), CA (7332), MX (7207), CR (384), PA (292), EC (251), NI (247), PE (238), HN (235), SV (182), CO (165), BZ (135)

## Summary

The least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is the smallest shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific minutilla is Medieval Latin for "very small".
Within the genus Calidris, the least sandpiper is most closely related to the white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis).

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

## Photo

![Kleinste strandloper](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/least-sandpiper/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sean Haight · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/137983146

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/least-sandpiper?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).