Sandpipers & Snipes in Brazil
Our list for Brazil has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 17 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Brazil in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorRare23–32 cmRecorded all year
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusResidentRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Mar
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 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
- 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