Sandpipers & Snipes in Myanmar (Burma)
Our list for Myanmar (Burma) has 18 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 8 winter visitors, 8 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Myanmar (Burma) in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Nov–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Dec
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Jan–Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarceRare16–22 cm
RuffCalidris pugnaxScarceRare20–32 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 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