Sandpipers & Snipes in Curaçao
Our list for Curaçao has 17 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 7 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Curaçao in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 17, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaScarceUncommon28–32 cm
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
- 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
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 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