Least Sandpiper

Scientific Name: Calidris Minutilla
Common Name: Least Sandpiper
Diet: insects, water arthropods
Color: gray
Size: 6 inches
Active Period: Winter
Habitat: near water
Field Identification: short yellowish or greenish legs, brown breast, short thin pointed bill
Nest: shallow depression
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Genus: Calidris
Family: Scolopacidae (sandpipers: peeps)
Order: Charadriiformes
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Species: minutilla