Sandpipers & Snipes in Morocco
Our list for Morocco has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 11 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Morocco in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Aug–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScarceRare19–23 cm
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 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