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Calidris minuta · Family Scolopacidae
Calidris minuta
Family Scolopacidae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 619,326
- Countries and territories with records
- 173
About this species
This species has 619,326 occurrence records from 173 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Sweden (16%), India (10.1%), Spain (9.1%), South Africa (8%) and Denmark (5.5%); together they account for 48.7% of the total. In Sweden, this species accounts for 0.097% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Calidris minuta combines the genus name Calidris with the species epithet minuta. The Warbla app catalog lists 24 species of the genus Calidris; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Calidris alpina, Calidris minutilla and Calidris alba.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 89 species of the family Scolopacidae. This species ranks 31st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Actitis macularius. Its record count is close to the family average (703,816). The family Scolopacidae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.