Sandpipers & Snipes in Chad
Our list for Chad has 6 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 passage migrants
All 6, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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