Sandpipers & Snipes in Cambodia
Our list for Cambodia has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 11 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cambodia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Curlew 50–60 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