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Long-toed Stint

Calidris subminutaOrder: CHARADRIIFORMES Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Codes: Common Name: LTST Scientific Name: CALSUB ITIS Taxonomic No.: 176657

Head

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Head

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: No data.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Capped, Streaked, Eyering (complete or broken)
Crown Color: Dark brown and rust-brown streaks.
Forehead Color: Pale Brown
Nape Color: Pale Brown
Throat Color: White
Cere color: No Data

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Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Body

Length Range: 13-15 cm (5-6 in)
Weight: 31 g (1.1 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Brown, Gray, Rufous or Rust
Underparts: White with brown speckles on breast.
Upperparts: Dark brown, rust-brown and black, appearing scaled.
Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Striped or streaked, Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 28-30 cm (11-12 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Gray with black center stripe.
Under Tail: Gray with black center stripe.
Leg Color: Yellow

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Bird Call Credits: The Macaulay Library of Natural Sounds at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Martyn Stewart, http://www.naturesound.org, Redmond, Washington USA. The reuse or copying of bird calls in this database is strictly forbidden.

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint: Medium sandpiper, scaled, brown, black and rufous upperparts, white-sided rump, white underparts, black-spotted sides, upper breast. Head has brown crown, white eyebrows. Dark decurved bill. Wings have white bars visible in flight. White tail has black central stripe, gray edges.

● Song: "chrrip"

● Foraging & Feeding: Long-toed Stint: Feeds on aquatic invertebrates; forages on mudflats.

● Breeding & 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.

● 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.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Range & 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.

^BreedingMonogamous, Colonial

^PopulationUncommon to rare

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight1.1 Ounces

Sandpiper-like Head

Sandpiper-like Body

Sandpiper-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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