CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Calidris subminuta  

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Werribee, VIC (Apr, 2014)

A Long-toed Stint with striking orange tints in its breeding plumage.

Within days, this little bird may be winging its way over thousands of kilometres towards Siberia to breed in the Northern Hemisphere summer.

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Long-toed Stint in Breeding Plumage

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Breaking News! Long-toed Stint has Long Toe!

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Long-toed Stint

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

Toe-to-Toe

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

A Stint in Solitary

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

A Stint of Goose-stepping

Long-toed Stint (Calidris subminuta)

A Stint in the Mud