Sandpipers & Snipes in Cape Verde
Our list for Cape Verde has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 5 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cape Verde in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceUncommon40–44 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 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
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