Sandpipers & Snipes in Saudi Arabia
Our list for Saudi Arabia has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 residents, 12 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Saudi Arabia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentCommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Oct
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