Sandpipers & Snipes in Nepal
Our list for Nepal has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 8 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nepal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Sep
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorRare27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Green Sandpiper 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
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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