A small wader, Calidris ruficollis, which breeds in the Arctic and migrates to Australasia, having grey and white plumage with (in the breeding season) a rufous head and neck.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Walter Oliver (1883–1957).
Definition of red-necked stint in US English:
red-necked stint
noun
A small wader, Calidris ruficollis, which breeds in the Arctic and migrates to Australasia, having grey and white plumage with (in the breeding season) a rufous head and neck.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Walter Oliver (1883–1957).