Sandpipers & Snipes in Barbados
Our list for Barbados has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Barbados in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jan
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 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