Sandpipers & Snipes in Kazakhstan
Our list for Kazakhstan has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 12 summer visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kazakhstan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly May–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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