Sandpipers & Snipes in Antigua & Barbuda
Our list for Antigua & Barbuda has 14 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 6 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Antigua & Barbuda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Dec–Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriScarceUncommon14–17 cm
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
- Solitary 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