Sandpipers & Snipes in Colombia
Our list for Colombia has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 14 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Colombia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorRare14–17 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorRare15–18 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Sep–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–May
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScarceRare18–19 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral 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
- 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