Sandpipers & Snipes in Panama
Our list for Panama has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 13 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Panama in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusScarceRare27–30 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Marbled Godwit 40–50 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