Sandpipers & Snipes in Singapore
Our list for Singapore has 13 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 8 winter visitors, 3 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Singapore in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 13, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Aug–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorRare25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaScarceRare40–44 cm
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusScarceRare21–24 cmRegularly Jan
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 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
- Redshank 27–29 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