Sandpipers & Snipes in Paraguay
Our list for Paraguay has 13 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Paraguay in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 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