Sandpipers & Snipes in Qatar
Our list for Qatar has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 14 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Qatar in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorCommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Curlew 50–60 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