Sandpipers & Snipes in Caribbean Netherlands
Our list for Caribbean Netherlands has 17 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 1 summer visitor, 6 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Caribbean Netherlands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 17, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 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