Texas
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
(L 6" WS 13" Wt 0.7 oz)
Smallest shorebird...often
found in small flocks...like
to forage in mudflats.
found in small flocks...like
to forage in mudflats.
South Padre Island
Birding & Nature Ctr
Birding & Nature Ctr
15Apr2010
Slightly drooped bill.
© Gerrit Vyn
Macaulay
Library
Library
© BirdNote,
Interview by
Todd Peterson
Todd Peterson
© Wikipedia
Calidris in Greek is a gray-
colored waterbird mentioned
by Aristotle; minutilla in
Latin means very small,
insignificant.
colored waterbird mentioned
by Aristotle; minutilla in
Latin means very small,
insignificant.
South Padre Island
19Apr2021
19Apr2021
Least sandpipers no bigger than
sparrows…like little, buffy windup
toys…fly nearly 4,000 miles—in a
single, nonstop flight.
sparrows…like little, buffy windup
toys…fly nearly 4,000 miles—in a
single, nonstop flight.
(Scott Weidensaul)