Sandpipers & Snipes in Maldives
Our list for Maldives has 7 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Maldives in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Dec–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataScarceCommon50–60 cm
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScarceUncommon18–23 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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