Sandpipers & Snipes in Jamaica
Our list for Jamaica has 11 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 8 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jamaica in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 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