Sandpipers & Snipes in Guyana
Our list for Guyana has 17 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Guyana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 17, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaScarceRare28–32 cm
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–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
- 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