Sandpipers & Snipes in Belize
Our list for Belize has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 13 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Belize in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaScarceRare40–50 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 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
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Marbled Godwit 40–50 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