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Temminck's stint (Calidris temminckii)

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Temminck's stint   ( Calidris temminckii )  Saryuwetland Ayodhya Uttar Pradesh September 20 This 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. These birds are very small waders, at 13.5–15 cm (5.3–5.9 in) length. They are similar in size to the  little stint  ( Calidris minuta ) but shorter legged and longer winged. The legs are yellow and the outer tail feathers white, in contrast to little stint's dark legs and grey outer tail feathers. This  stint 's breeding habitat is bogs and marshes in the  taiga  of Arctic northern  Europe  and  Asia . It will breed in southern  Scandinavia  and occasionally  Scotland