Least Sandpiper

13-18 cm (5-7") Common and widespread. Nests on Tundra, winters along coastal and inland marshes.

The only sparrow-sized "peep" sandpiper with yellowish or greenish legs; thin pointed black bill.

Summer: blackish-brown upperparts; breast, neck, and sides are finely streaked with brown and washed with buff; white belly.

Winter: darker above than Western and Semipalmated Sandpipers with a brownish breast band.

Song: thin "kreeet".