#0766 · 🐦 birds

Temminck's Stint

🇳🇱 Temmincks Strandloper ·Calidris temminckii

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Filipp Suvorov · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Subhajit Roy · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Геннадий Дякин · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Saurabh Agrawal · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Twisk, Netherlands:© thegreatdodo · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Pijnacker, Netherlands:© aidanengelhard · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 3401 IJsselstein, Netherlands:© Fred Derks · CC BY 4.0
10. 1792 Oudeschild, Netherlands:© Anja Cervencl · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Temminck's stint ( Calidris temminckii ) is a small wader. This bird's common name and Latin binomial commemorate the Dutch naturalist Coenraad Jacob Temminck. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris , a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds.

base stats

NL sightings 40iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 8,114iNaturalist observations
weight 27.8 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

Spotted 40 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
8,114 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 28 g.
Scientifically named by Johann Philipp Achilles Leisler in 1812 (214 years ago).