Sandpipers & Snipes in Egypt
Our list for Egypt has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 14 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Egypt 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
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaScarceRare18–20 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 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
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 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