CHARADRIIFORMES: Scolopacidae

Calidris subminuta  

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

The Long-toed Stint "at times, adopts hunched, crake-like posture when feeding."*


*Geering, Andrew et al (2007), Shorebirds of Australia, CSIRO Publishing, p.123.

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