Sandpipers & Snipes in Guinea-Bissau
Our list for Guinea-Bissau has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guinea-Bissau in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceUncommon23–26 cm
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Dec
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarceUncommon16–22 cm
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
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 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