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LONG-TOED STINT FACTS |
Description
The Long-toed Stint is a small wading bird. The non-breeding plumage is mottled grey above with pale underside with pale speckles. The breeding plumage is more reddish brown above. The crown of the head is brown with a pale streak above the eye. It gets its common name from its long slender toes. The beak is fairly short an sharp. The legs and feet are yellow and the beak is brown. The species has a broad range and is not considered threatened.
Size
about 15 cm long with wingspan of about 30 cm
Habitat
lakes, swamps, floodplains, marshes, lagoons
Food
mollusks, crustaceans, insects and other invertebrates
Range
the Long-toed Stint breeds in northern Asia and migrates to south east Asia and Australasia in winter. In Australia it may be seen on inland lakes and swamps in New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory.
Credits:
Map is from Atlas of Living Australia website at https://biocache.ala.org.au licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Charadriiformes | | Family: | Scolopacidae | | Genus: | Calidris | | Species: | subminuta | | Common Name: | Long-toed Stint |
Relatives in same Genus
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (C. acuminata)
Sanderling (C. alba)
Dunlin (C. alpina)
Baird's Sandpiper (C. bairdii)
Red Knot (C. canutus)
Curlew Sandpiper (C. ferruginea)
White-rumped Sandpiper (C. fuscicollis)
Pectoral Sandpiper (C. melanotos)
Little Stint (C. minuta)
Great Knot (C. tenuirostris)
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