Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)


Group	Sandpipers
Code	ABNNF11100
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae
Author	(Vieillot, 1819)
Rank	G5 (definitions)
Occurrence	M (definitions)
Scale	N (definitions)

County List:


Western UP	none
Eastern UP	none
Northern LP	none
Southern LP	none

Rule:

Mixed Forested/Nonforested or Nonforested Landscapes

Migration Habitat 1st alternative:
      Any Open Water
   adjacent to:
      Shorelines/Mudflats

Migration Habitat 2nd alternative:
      Any Open Water
   adjacent to:
      Marsh 2

Migration Habitat 3rd alternative:
      Sedge Meadow

view decision rule term definitions

Habitat List:

Habitats	Regen	Sap	Pole	Sm Saw	Lg Saw	Uneven
Aspen	no	no	no	no	no	-
Paper Birch	no	no	no	no	no	-
Oak	no	no	no	no	no	no
Assorted Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Northern Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Spruce/Fir	no	no	no	no	no	no
Hemlock	no	no	no	no	no	no
Jack Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
Red Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
White Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
Conifer Plantations	no	no	no	no	no	-
Mixed Upland Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Northern Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Upland Conifer	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Pine	no	no	no	no	no	no
Swamp Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Balsam Poplar & Swamp Aspen & Swamp Birch	no	no	no	no	no	no
Bottomland Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Tamarack	no	no	no	no	no	no
Northern White Cedar	no	no	no	no	no	no
Black Spruce	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Lowland Hardwoods	no	no	no	no	no	no
Mixed Lowland Conifer	no	no	no	no	no	no
Non-Forested	Lake, Pond, River, Sewage Lagoons & Farm Ponds, Marsh 2 (MARSH), Sedge Meadow, Shorelines & Mudflats
Special Features	Riparian

view size class definitions

Literature:

Kaufman, K. 1996. Lives of North American Birds. Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Massachusetts. 675 pp.

This is the sandpiper most likely to be seen on small inland bodies of water. Found on sandy riverbanks, lake shores, and edges of sewage treatment ponds.

Habitat: Mudflats, grassy marshes, rain pools, shores. In migration, often more common inland than on coast, favoring muddy edges of marshes, ponds, rivers; sometimes in flooded fields or damp meadows.