Sandpipers & Snipes in Sierra Leone
Our list for Sierra Leone has 7 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor, 2 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Sierra Leone in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Dec–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaScarceUncommon18–20 cm
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusScarceUncommon21–24 cm
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceUncommon25–27 cm
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresScarceUncommon21–24 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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