Sandpipers & Snipes in Bangladesh
Our list for Bangladesh has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 18 winter visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bangladesh in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 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