Sandpipers & Snipes in Liberia
Our list for Liberia has 5 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Liberia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusScarceUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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