Sandpipers & Snipes in Kenya
Our list for Kenya has 18 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 12 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kenya in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantRare27–29 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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
- 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
- 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