Sandpipers & Snipes in Guatemala
Our list for Guatemala has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 15 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guatemala in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarceRare16–22 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 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
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Marbled Godwit 40–50 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