Little Stint
pikkusirri · Calidris minuta
Photo: El Golli Mohamed, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family: Scolopacidae (Kurpat) · Size: 14–15.5 cm
The little stint is a very small wader. It breeds in arctic Europe and Asia, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to Africa and south Asia. It occasionally is a vagrant to North America and to Australia. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific minuta is Latin for "small.
Where and when to see it
This is a sensitive species: FinBIF hides when and where most of its sightings were made, so no places are suggested.