Sandpipers & Snipes in Eswatini
Our list for Eswatini has 5 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Eswatini in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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