Sandpipers & Snipes in Mozambique
Our list for Mozambique has 13 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 8 summer visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mozambique in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorCommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–May
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 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
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 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