Sandpipers & Snipes in Nigeria
Our list for Nigeria has 6 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 winter visitors, 2 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nigeria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 6, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaScarceRare18–20 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 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