Sandpipers & Snipes in Gambia
Our list for Gambia has 18 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 15 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Gambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 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