Sandpipers & Snipes in Mexico
Our list for Mexico has 26 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 14 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRecorded all year
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Marbled Godwit 40–50 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