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Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

The least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is the smallest shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-colored waterside birds. The specific minutilla is Medieval Latin for "very small".

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Photo credit: Donna Dewhurst, USFWS

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