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Calidris temminckii
Habitat
Bogs and marshes in the taiga; wintering at freshwater sites
Range
Breeds in northern Europe and Asia from southern Scandinavia to the Chukotski Peninsula; winters in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia
Clutch size
3–4 eggs
Size
13.5–15cm
Temminck's stint is a very small wader, 13.5–15 centimetres long. It is similar in size to the little stint but shorter-legged and longer-winged, with dull yellowish or brown legs and white outer tail feathers, whereas the little stint has black legs and grey outer tail feathers. It is a rather drab bird, with mainly plain brown upperparts and head and white underparts apart from a darker breast. The breeding adult has some brighter rufous or blackish mantle feathers. (Wikipedia, general species account)
It breeds in bogs and marshes in the taiga of Arctic northern Europe and Asia, from southern Scandinavia, and occasionally Scotland, east across northern Russia to the Chukotski Peninsula. It has a distinctive hovering display flight and nests in a ground scrape, laying three or four eggs. It is strongly migratory, wintering at freshwater sites in tropical Africa, the Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. Males and females incubate separate clutches, typically in different places. (Wikipedia, general species account)