Sandpipers & Snipes in Chile
Our list for Chile has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 12 summer visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Chile in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaResidentUncommon36–42 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusSummer visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaScarceRare19–23 cm
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 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
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Marbled Godwit 40–50 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