Sandpipers & Snipes in Malaysia
Our list for Malaysia has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 16 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Malaysia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorRare20–32 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Feb
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 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