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Long-toed stint

Calidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta) is a species in the family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes. Recorded adults weigh 28.2 g to 32 g. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta)
Photo: JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the long-toed stint

Weight
28.2 g – 32 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
26 cm – 35 cmsrc for Wingspan
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Aquatic predatorsrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
wetlandsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
4src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Migratorysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

How big is the long-toed stint?

LONG-TOED STINT · WINGSPAN 35 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 35 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the long-toed stint is about 21% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the long-toed stint live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The long-toed stint is listed for 1 country.

Australia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

What is the long-toed stint?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta) is a small wader. The genus name is from Ancient Greek kalidris or skalidris, a term used by Aristotle for some grey-coloured waterside birds. The specific subminuta is from Latin sub, "near to" and minuta, "small" from its similarity to the little stint, Calidris minuta.

Within the genus Calidris the long-toed stint is most closely related to Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii).

It breeds across northern Asia and is strongly migratory, wintering in south and south east Asia and Australasia. It occurs in western Europe only as a very rare vagrant.

This bird has yellowish legs and a short thin dark bill. Breeding adults are a rich brown with darker feather centres above and white underneath. They have a light line above the eye and a brown crown. In winter, long-toed stints are grey above. The juveniles are brightly patterned above with rufous colouration and white mantle stripes.

This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny waders which are known collectively as "peeps" or "stints". In particular, the long-toed stint is very similar to its North American counterpart, the least sandpiper. It differs from that species in its more slender, longer-necked appearance, longer toes, somewhat brighter colours, and weaker wingbar.

These birds forage on mudflats, picking up food by sight, sometimes by probing. They mainly eat small crustaceans, insects and snails. Little is known of the breeding habits of this species, although it nests on the ground, and the male has a display flight.

From the Wikipedia article “Long-toed stint” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long-toed_stint&oldid=1370761437), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the long-toed stint endangered?

The long-toed stint is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the long-toed stint classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderCharadriiformes
  5. familyScolopacidae
  6. genusCalidris
  7. SpeciesCalidris subminuta (Middendorff, 1853)

Synonyms Actodromas damacensis, Ereunetes subminutus, Erolia subminuta, Pisobia damacensis, Pisobia subminuta, Pisobia subminuta boweri, Tringa damacensis, Tringa subminuta

Other names and names in other languages (59)
  • Long toed stintEnglish
  • LangtoonstrandloperAfrikaans
  • دريجة طويلة الأصابعArabic
  • Дългопръст брегобегачBulgarian
  • Sourouc'han bizied hirBreton
  • territ menut siberiàCatalan
  • Tiut-tiutCebuano
  • jespák dlouhoprstýCzech
  • pibydd hirfysWelsh
  • Langtået RyleDanish
  • LangzehenstrandläuferGerman
  • Langzehen-StrandläuferGerman
  • Nana kalidroEsperanto
  • longfingra kalidroEsperanto
  • Correlimos dedilargoSpanish
  • Siberi rislaEstonian
  • siberi risla e. siberi rüdiEstonian
  • Siberi rüdiEstonian
  • تلیله انگشتدرازPersian
  • siperiansirriFinnish
  • Bécasseau à longs doigtsFrench
  • Gobadáinín ladharfhadaIrish
  • Leayrane mair-liauyrManx
  • חופיתHebrew
  • חופית ארוכת-אצבעותHebrew
  • dugoprsti žalarCroatian
  • hosszúujjú partfutóHungarian
  • Kedidi jari-panjangIndonesian
  • SportítaIcelandic
  • Gambecchio minoreItalian
  • ヒバリシギJapanese
  • Ұзынсаусақ құмдауықKazakh
  • 종달도요Korean
  • bėgikas mažylisLithuanian
  • ilgapirštis bėgikasLithuanian
  • garpirkstu trulītisLatvian
  • വിരലൻ മണലൂതിMalayalam
  • Burung Kedidi Jari PanjangMalay
  • लामाऔंले जलरङ्कNepali
  • taigastrandloperDutch
  • langtåsnipeNorwegian
  • biegus smukłonogiPolish
  • لمے پنجیاں آلا سٹنٹWestern Panjabi
  • pilrito-de-dedos-compridosPortuguese
  • Длиннопалый песочникRussian
  • SibirjjávirošNorthern Sami
  • pobrežník dlhoprstýSlovak
  • dolgoprsti prodnikSlovenian
  • Dugoprsta sprutkaSerbian
  • långtåsnäppaSwedish
  • நீளக்கால் கொசு உள்ளான்Tamil
  • นกสติ๊นท์นิ้วยาวThai
  • นกสติ๊นท์นี้วยาวThai
  • uzun parmakli kum kuşuTurkish
  • побережник довгопалийUkrainian
  • Dẽ ngón dàiVietnamese
  • 雲雀鷸Chinese
  • 長趾濱鷸Chinese
  • 长趾滨鹬Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataWoRMSIUCN Red List

Relatives of the long-toed stint

Other species in the same genus Calidris.

LC, Least Concern
Ruff (Calidris pugnax)

Ruff

Calidris pugnax

Scolopacidae

LC, Least Concern
Sanderling (Calidris alba)

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Scolopacidae

NT, Near Threatened
Dunlin (Calidris alpina)

Dunlin

Calidris alpina

Scolopacidae

NT, Near Threatened
Red knot (Calidris canutus)

Red knot

Calidris canutus

Scolopacidae

CompareLong-toed stint vs RuffLong-toed stint vs SanderlingLong-toed stint vs DunlinLong-toed stint vs Red knot

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the long-toed stint?

An adult long-toed stint weighs 28.2 g – 32 g and has a wingspan of 26 cm – 35 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Where does the long-toed stint live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the long-toed stint for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

Is the long-toed stint endangered?

The long-toed stint is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the long-toed stint?

The long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta) belongs to the family Scolopacidae in the order Charadriiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

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MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{long_toed_stint_2026,
  title = {Long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/long-toed-stint},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}