Sandpipers & Snipes in Brunei
Our list for Brunei has 6 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Brunei in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaScarceCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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