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Temminck's Stint

Calidris temminckiiOrder: CHARADRIIFORMES Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)
Codes: Common Name: TEST Scientific Name: CALTEM ITIS Taxonomic No.: 176658
Least Concern
 
Temminck's Stint: The breeding adult Temminck’s Stint has variegated gray-brown upperparts with black marked wings, faint breast band, and white underparts. Dark tail is long with white outer feathers.
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Temminck's Stint Variations

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Overview

Temminck's Stint: Small sandpiper with gray-brown upperparts and faint breast band and white underparts. Dark tail is long with white outer feathers; upperwings are gray-brown and have dark markings. Flight is swift and direct with rapid wing beats. Has a distictive, hovering display flight.

Range and Habitat

Temminck's Stint: Breeds in the far northern arctic of Europe and Asia. Favors inland bodies of water during migration to Africa and the coasts of India and South Asia, where it winters on the margins of sheltered bays and estuaries. Very rarely wanders to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Body


Voice Text

"tiriririr"

Interesting Facts

 The Temminck's Stint was named after Coenraad Jacob Temminck, a Dutch naturalist.

 They have a distinctive mouse-like feeding behaviour, creeping steadily along the edges of pools.

 An apparent hybrid between this species and the Little Stint has been reported from the Netherlands.

 A group of stints are collectively known as a "spell" of stints.


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Author

Gary Owen Dick

Artist

David Wenzel

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Range Map for Temminck's Stint

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Family
Species Calidris temminckii
Length5.1 - 5.9 Inches
Wingspan11.2 Inches

Temminck's Stint

Temminck's Stint: Small sandpiper with gray-brown upperparts and faint breast band and white underparts. Dark tail is long with white outer feathers; upperwings are gray-brown and have dark markings. Flight is swift and direct with rapid wing beats. Has a distictive, hovering display flight.

● Song: "tiriririr"

● Foraging & Feeding: Temminck's Stint: Often feeds alone, moving cautiously and slowly like a small mouse while picking small insects and invertebrates from surface of water and mud at the margin of sheltered waters.

● Breeding & nesting: Temminck's Stint: Breeds on fairly bare ground in arctic tundra. Simple cup nest lined with bits of vegetation is placed on ground or in low shrubs. Lays four brown eggs. Complex mating structure with female laying eggs then leaving to mate and lay eggs that she incubates with a second male while the first male incubates her first clutch. First male also mates with a second female to produce another second clutch. Incubation lasts 21 to 22 days, first flight 15 to 18 days after hatching.

● Similar species: Temminck's Stint: Larger Baird's Sandpiper has black legs. White outer tail feathers and unique feather coloration separates juvenile from very similar Least Sandpiper.

Flight Pattern

When flushed will climb quickly into sky.
Temminck's Stint: Breeding Adult
● Range & Habitat: Temminck's Stint: Breeds in the far northern arctic of Europe and Asia. Favors inland bodies of water during migration to Africa and the coasts of India and South Asia, where it winters on the margins of sheltered bays and estuaries. Very rarely wanders to the Aleutian Islands of Alaska.
BreedingSolitary nester, Bigamous
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.8 Ounces
Sandpiper-like BodyX
UnderpartsX
Belly, undertail coverts, chest, flanks, and foreneck.
UpperpartsX
Back, rump, hindneck, wings, and crown.
BreastX
The upper front part of a bird.
4 and 6 letter alpha codesX

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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ITIS CodesX

The Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) was established in the mid-1990�s as a cooperative project among several federal agencies to improve and expand upon taxonomic data (known as the NODC Taxonomic Code) maintained by the National Oceanographic Data Center (NODC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

To find the ITIS page for a bird species go to the ITIS web site advanced search and report page at http://www.itis.gov/advanced_search.html. You can enter the TSN or the common name of the bird. It will return the ITIS page for that bird. Another way to obtain the ITIS page is to use the Google search engine. Enter the string ITIS followed by the taxonomic ID, for example "ITIS 178041" will return the page for the Allen's Hummingbird.

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Parts of a Standing birdX
Head Feathers and MarkingsX
Parts of a Flying birdX