Sandpipers & Snipes in Guadeloupe
Our list for Guadeloupe has 19 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 2 summer visitors, 8 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guadeloupe in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 19, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Feb
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceRare20–32 cm
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
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 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