Sandpipers & Snipes in Cyprus
Our list for Cyprus has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Cyprus in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Curlew 50–60 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