"Mafi ƙarancin Sandpiper" ƙaramin tsuntsu ne da ake samu a ko'ina cikin Arewacin Amurka kuma shine mafi ƙarancin yashi a duniya. Hakanan an san shi da sunan kimiyya, Calidris minutilla. Kalmar “mafi ƙanƙanta” tana nufin ƙaramar girmanta idan aka kwatanta da sauran masu yashi, yayin da “sandpiper” ke nufin wurin zama da yanayin ciyarwa a bakin gaɓar yashi da laka.
