Sandpipers & Snipes in Ethiopia
Our list for Ethiopia has 12 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 10 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ethiopia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 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
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 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