Stint

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For other uses, see Stint (disambiguation).

A stint is one of several very small waders in the genus Calidris (or possibly Erolia), which in North America are known as peeps.

Some of these birds are difficult to identify because of the similarity between species, and various breeding, non-breeding, juvenile and moulting plumages.

The species usually considered as stints or peeps are:

• Order: Charadriiformes
• Family: Scolopacidae
  • Genus: Calidris/Erolia (part)
    • Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla or Erolia pusilla
    • Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri or Erolia mauri
    • Red-necked Stint, Calidris ruficollis or Erolia ruficollis
    • Little Stint, Calidris minuta or Erolia minuta
    • Temminck's Stint, Calidris temminckii or Erolia temminckii
    • Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta or Erolia subminuta
    • Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla or Erolia minutilla
    • White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis or Erolia fuscicollis
    • Baird's Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii or Erolia bairdii

Occasionally, "peep" is used in North America to refer to any Calidrid wader.

[edit] See also

• Hybridisation in shorebirds