Sandpipers & Snipes in Jordan
Our list for Jordan has 13 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Jordan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 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