Sandpipers & Snipes in Bhutan
Our list for Bhutan has 8 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Bhutan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaScarceUncommon19–21 cm
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Apr–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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