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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Portugal in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 33, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentRare33–38 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Nov
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantRare29–40 cmRegularly Feb
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