Sandpipers & Snipes in Pakistan
Our list for Pakistan has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 12 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Pakistan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Jul
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaScarceRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaScarceRare33–38 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- 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
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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