It is the smallest among the sandpipers, it may look like a small Dunlin, but its bill is proportionally smaller and sharper (reminiscent of the shape of a small stake), its legs are black, which distinguishes it from the rare Temminck’s Sandpiper (whose legs are yellow). In summer plumage, the little stint has a dark brown to black mottling on the back and breast with feather edging and a reddish-brown background and with two distinctive light-coloured “V” patterns on its back, head, in the area known as the pileus, the dark stripes on the plumage give it the impression of having a small crest. In winter, the mottled plumage turns into a greyish checkerboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1049,"template":"","families":[27],"places":[16,19,17,2],"affinity_group":[14],"class_list":["post-946","birds","type-birds","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","families-scolapacidae","places-cerrillos","places-coast-line","places-ribera-de-la-algaida","places-salinas-nuevas","affinity_group-waders"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n