Sandpipers & Snipes in Mauritius
Our list for Mauritius has 7 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mauritius in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
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