Sandpipers & Snipes in Portugal
Our list for Portugal has 33 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 19 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorRare23–27 cmRegularly Sep–May
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
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