Bird
Little Stint
Calidris minuta · Scolopacidae · Charadriiformes
Best monthsAug–Octmost records
Records606,704in 110 countries
Most seen inSweden98,944 records
Red ListLeast concernIUCN status
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About
Little Stint in brief
The little stint (Calidris minuta) is a bird of the Scolopacidae family — species of bird.
Across the 110 countries we cover it has 606,704 published records, most of them from Sweden, India and Spain. It is strongly seasonal: records peak in August, September and October and fall to their lowest in March and June.
Its global conservation status is least concern on the IUCN Red List.
Records by month
All countries combined · the strongest months highlightedJFMAMJJASOND
Where & when
When to look in each country
Sweden98,944 records · best Aug, Sep
India62,676 records · best Jan, Dec
Spain56,158 records · best Sep, Aug
South Africa49,429 records · best Jan, Oct
Denmark34,266 records · best Aug, Sep
Norway33,576 records · best Aug, Sep
France33,436 records · best Sep, Aug
Israel30,127 records · best Sep, Mar
United Kingdom27,610 records · best Sep, Aug
United Arab Emirates17,910 records · best Sep, Jan
Portugal16,156 records · best Sep, Oct
Finland13,209 records · best Sep, Aug
Netherlands11,342 records · best Sep, Aug
Greece9,390 records · best May, Apr
Kenya8,654 records · best Jan, Nov
Türkiye7,791 records · best May, Apr
Belgium6,564 records · best Sep, Aug
Russia5,964 records · best Aug, Sep
Namibia5,320 records · best Nov, Oct
Germany5,222 records · best Sep, Aug
Tanzania4,771 records · best Feb, Nov
Poland4,572 records · best Sep, Aug
Sri Lanka4,459 records · best Feb, Dec
Oman4,457 records · best Nov, Feb
Italy4,282 records · best Sep, May
Cyprus2,843 records · best Apr, May
Estonia2,770 records · best Aug, Sep
Kuwait2,414 records · best Apr, May
Bulgaria2,372 records · best Sep, May
Senegal2,260 records · best Jan, Dec
Iran2,215 records · best May, Apr
Austria2,179 records · best Sep, Aug
Egypt2,125 records · best Mar, Apr
Ukraine1,831 records · best Sep, Aug
Morocco1,826 records · best Apr, Mar
Saudi Arabia1,655 records · best Oct, Sep
Romania1,536 records · best May, Aug
Czechia1,481 records · best Sep, Aug
Georgia1,453 records · best Sep, May
Ethiopia1,340 records · best Nov, Dec
Zimbabwe1,317 records · best Oct, Mar
Mozambique1,271 records · best Mar, Sep
Kazakhstan1,197 records · best May, Aug
Botswana1,189 records · best Oct, Nov
Hungary1,025 records · best Sep, May
Qatar808 records · best Oct, Feb
Ireland798 records · best Sep, Oct
Mongolia785 records · best May, Aug
Switzerland782 records · best Sep, Aug
Zambia729 records · best Oct, Nov
Bangladesh714 records · best Dec, Nov
Croatia649 records · best Sep, Aug
Pakistan640 records · best Oct, Jan
Slovenia548 records · best Aug, Sep
Tunisia547 records · best Apr, Feb
Gambia494 records · best Nov, Dec
Algeria461 records · best Aug, Sep
Azerbaijan400 records · best May, Sep
Serbia354 records · best Sep, Aug
Jordan346 records · best Apr, Mar
Mauritania333 records · best Jan, Mar
Malta308 records · best Apr, May
Belarus303 records · best Sep, Aug
Cape Verde300 records · best Mar, Nov
Bahrain298 records · best Nov, Oct
Uzbekistan291 records · best May, Apr
Djibouti281 records · best Sep, Feb
Albania255 records · best Sep, May
Slovakia209 records · best Sep, Aug
Sudan208 records · best Nov, Mar
Madagascar193 records · best Nov, Oct
Kyrgyzstan188 records · best Aug, May
Armenia177 records · best May, Sep
Lithuania169 records · best Sep, Aug
Montenegro140 records · best May, Apr
Palestine135 records · best Aug, Sep
Moldova131 records · best Aug, May
Yemen126 records · best Oct, Jan
Libya117 records · best Mar, Apr
Latvia112 records · best Sep, Aug
Chad88 records · best Feb, Mar
Lebanon70 records · best Sep, Apr
Tajikistan69 records · best May, Apr
Iraq62 records · best Aug, May
Afghanistan49 records · best May, Apr
Seychelles45 records · best Oct, Mar
New Zealand43 records · best Nov, Oct
Iceland41 records · best May, Sep
North Macedonia39 records · best May, Oct
Eritrea33 records · best Oct, Jan
Syria33 records · best Apr, Mar
Burkina Faso31 records · best Mar, Apr
Guinea27 records · best Jan, Apr
Niger27 records · best Feb, Dec
Guinea-Bissau17 records · best Mar, Jan
Burundi16 records · best Apr, Oct
Bosnia and Herzegovina13 records · best Apr, Sep
Somalia13 records · best Jan, Oct
Turkmenistan13 records · best May, Apr
Luxembourg12 records · best Sep, Aug
Lesotho11 records · best Dec, Feb
Mali10 records · best Mar, Sep
Kosovo6 records · best May, Aug
Maldives6 records · best Oct, Jan
South Sudan5 records · best Jul, Nov
Mauritius4 records · best Jan, Apr
Barbados3 records · best May, Apr
Palau2 records · best Sep, Oct
São Tomé and Príncipe2 records · best Sep, Jan
North Korea1 records · best May, Jan
Map
Where it has been recorded
Density of published records; brighter cells have more records.