Sandpipers & Snipes in Lebanon
Our list for Lebanon has 15 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 12 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lebanon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScarceUncommon18–23 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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