General

Long-toed Stint: Medium-sized sandpiper with scaled, brown, black and rufous upperparts, white-sided rump, white underparts, and black-spotted sides and upper breast. Head has chestnut-brown crown and white eyebrows. Bill is dark and slightly decurved; legs are pale. Wings have narrow white bars visible in flight. Tail is white with a broad black central stripe and gray edges. Sexes are similar. Juvenile is more brightly colored.

Range and Habitat

Long-toed Stint: Breeds in Siberia. During migration can be found on islands in Bering Sea and on outer Aleutians. Preferred habitats include shallow freshwater and brackish wetlands, with bare muddy shores and aquatic vegetation.

Breeding and Nesting

Long-toed Stint: Three to five white brown eggs spotted with red brown are laid in a ground scrape lined with grass and leaves, usually built under a shrub near water. Incubation ranges from 18 to 22 days and is carried out by both parents.

Foraging and Feeding

Long-toed Stint: Feeds on aquatic invertebrates; forages on mudflats.

Vocalization

Long-toed Stint: Makes a sharp ringing or trilling. Flight call is a purring "chrrip."

Similar Species

Long-toed Stint: Little Stint has a different call, is smaller and darker overall, and has black legs. Temmnick's Stint is duller with a less contrasting head pattern and denser, more extensive breast markings.