Temmincks Stint
  • Persian name Talile Dom Sefid
  • Scientific name Calidristemminckii
  • English name Temmincks Stint
  • Family Scolopacidae
  • Morphology Body length: 14 cm They are similar in size to the little stint (Calidrisminuta) but shorter legged and longer winged. The legs are greyish yellow and the outer tail feathers and flanks are white. The Temminck’s Stint in summer plumage has dull grey to olive-brown color, and its mantle to tail is dark.
  • Ethology Finds food, Invertebrates, by foraging rapidly along sandy and muddy shores of wetlands.