Sandpipers & Snipes in Anguilla
Our list for Anguilla has 13 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 1 summer visitor, 6 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Anguilla in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made