| Least sandpiper | |
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| Summer plumage | |
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| Winter plumage | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Family: | Scolopacidae |
| Genus: | Calidris |
| Species: | C. minutilla
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| Binomial name | |
| Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)
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| Synonyms | |
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Erolia minutilla | |
The least sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) is the smallest shorebird. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-colored waterside birds. The specific minutilla is Medieval Latin for "very small".[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Calidris minutilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22693396A93403074. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693396A93403074.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 84, 256. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.