Sandpipers & Snipes in Cayman Islands
Our list for Cayman Islands has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 6 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cayman Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceRare18–20 cm
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cm
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorScarceRare22–24 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western 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
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary 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
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 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