Sandpipers & Snipes in Bahrain
Our list for Bahrain has 18 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bahrain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceCommon40–44 cm
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Curlew 50–60 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