Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla (Vieillot, 1819)
"Playero Menor, Playero Enano" · Bécasseau minuscule
Descrizione
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-coloured waterside birds. The specific minutilla is Medieval Latin for "very small". Within the genus Calidris the least sandpiper is most closely related to the white-rumped sandpiper (Calidris fuscicollis).
Classificazione
- Regno
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Ordine
- Charadriiformes
- Famiglia
- Scolopacidae
- Genere
- Calidris