Sandpipers & Snipes in French Guiana
Our list for French Guiana has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 4 winter visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in French Guiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaScarceRare36–42 cmRegularly Oct
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
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral 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
- 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