Species

Calidris minutilla (Least sandpiper)

Calidris minutilla. Photo: (c) Greg Lasley, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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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”.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
    - Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
      - Class: Aves (Birds)
        Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
        Family: Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and allies)
        Genus: Calidris (Calidris sandpipers)
        Species: Calidris minutilla (Least sandpiper)

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