bird · Charadriiformes · Scolopacidae

Little Stint

Calidris minuta (Leisler, 1812) — also called LIST. Occurrence records of the Little Stint are shared on GBIF from around 38 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (1 579 records), in 7 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernScolopacidae

38reserves with records

10 281records around them

7provinces

LCIUCN category

Little Stint (Calidris minuta) — Photo: Imran Shah from Islamabad, Pakistan · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 579
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 367
Silvermine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 107
Muizenberg CaveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	1 107
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	973
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	599
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	527
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	525
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	441
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	325
De Mond Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	287
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	249
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	210
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	159
OPM Prozesky Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	NW North West	124
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	109
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	84
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	73
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	71
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	70
Cape Recife Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	47
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	42
Paternoster MiddenProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	35
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	26
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	26
Bluff Nature ReserveProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	23
Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	17
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	16
Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	13
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	12
Bridle Drift Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	8
Bronkies Angling and Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	8
Rocherpan Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	5
Ditsong Tswaing Crater MuseumNature reserve	GP Gauteng	4
Sodwana Bay State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	4
Cape Columbine Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	3
Willem Pretorius Game ReserveProtected area	FS Free State	3
Namaqua National Park Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	NC Northern Cape	3

By province

Western Cape: 22 reserves
Eastern Cape: 5 reserves
Gauteng: 5 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 3 reserves
Free State: 1 reserve
Northern Cape: 1 reserve
North West: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Scientific name: Calidris minuta
GBIF taxon: 2481749
Wikidata: Q27232

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Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.