Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A stint is one of several very small waders in the genus Calidris, which in North America are known as peeps. Some of these birds are difficult to identify because of the similarity between species, and various breeding, non-breeding, juvenile and moulting plumages. The species usually considered as stints or peeps are: Semipalmated Sandpiper Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus: Calidris (part) Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri Red-necked Stint, Calidris ruficollis Little Stint, Calidris minuta Temminck's Stint, Calidris temminckii Long-toed Stint, Calidris subminuta Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis Baird's Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii Occasionally, "peep" is used in North America to refer to any Calidrid wader. The word 'stint' can also refer to a temporary job. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.