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Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Genus:
Calidris (disputed) Species: C. himantopus Binomial name
Calidris himantopus (Bonaparte, 1826)  Micropalama himantopus
Stilt Sandpiper Quintana, Texas  The Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris
himantopus) or Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird; it
bears some resemblance to the smaller calidrid sandpipers or
"stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining
whether it should be placed in Calidris or in the monotypic
genus Micropalama.[2] It appears most closely allied with the
Curlew Sandpiper,[3] which is another aberrant species only
tentatively placed in Calidris and could conceivably separated
with it in Erolia.   This species nests on the ground, laying
three or four eggs. The male has a display flight. Outside the
breeding season, this bird is normally f