Sandpipers & Snipes in Bermuda
Our list for Bermuda has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 5 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bermuda in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorScarceUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceUncommon20–32 cm
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaScarceRare28–32 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 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