Long-toed Stint
Caldris subminuta
T-Section Pond 5, Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_9454 20210419 - Long toes evident: click pic for close-up. Smaller than Sharp-tailed Sandpiper on right.
Notes: Tiny. Long-winged, slender-body, very long toes.
Prominent whitish supercilium.
Breeding adult & juvenile like much
larger Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
in pattern & color; non-
breeding adult plain mousy brown above, clean
white below. Long toes project slightly
beyond tail in flight. Inland
& coastal wetlands; fields & damp meadows.
Range from eBird©(last 10 years)
Roebuck Plains, Broome, NW WA IMG_1286 20180904
Roebuck Plains, Broome, NW WA IMG_1304 20180904
Roebuck Plains, Broome, NW WA IMG_2574 20180911 - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper on left
T-Section Pond 5, Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_9406 20210419 - Sharp-tailed Sandpiper on right.
Roebuck Plains, Broome, NW WA IMG_1309 20180904
T-Section Pond 5, Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic IMG_9398 20210419 - starts w. Long-toed Stint on left,Sharp-tailed Sandpiper on right; joined by second LtS from right.