Sandpipers & Snipes in Puerto Rico
Our list for Puerto Rico has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 11 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Puerto Rico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary 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
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 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