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Least Sandpiper - Calidris minutilla

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Global Rank: G5
State Rank: SNA

Agency Status
USFWS: none
USFS: none
BLM: none
CFWCS Tier: 3
PIF: none





 

General Description
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Distribution
Montana Range




Observations in Montana: 181

Montana Counties
Beaverhead, Broadwater, Carbon, Carter, Cascade, Chouteau, Custer, Dawson, Deer Lodge, Fallon, Fergus, Flathead, Garfield, Golden Valley, Hill, Lewis and Clark, Liberty, Lincoln, Madison, McCone, Meagher, Missoula, Musselshell, Park, Phillips, Pondera, Powder River, Powell, Prairie, Ravalli, Roosevelt, Rosebud, Sanders, Sheridan, Stillwater, Teton, Toole, Valley, Wheatland, Yellowstone



Migration
The Bozeman area migration occurs from May 2 to 17 and August 1 to October 1, with peaks on May 9 and September 5 (Skaar 1969).

Habitat
Least Sandpipers are found in a variety of moist habitats, often with Semipalmated, Baird's or Western Sandpipers (Johnsgard 1986). In the Bozeman area, they are seen on the grassy margins of mudflats and flooded fields (Skaar 1969).

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Least Sandpiper — Calidris minutilla.  Montana Field Guide.  Retrieved on July 4, 2009, from http://FieldGuide.mt.gov/detail_ABNNF11100.aspx
 
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