Sandpipers & Snipes in Botswana
Our list for Botswana has 8 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Botswana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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