Sandpipers & Snipes in Malawi
Our list for Malawi has 7 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Malawi in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScarceUncommon18–23 cm
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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