Sandpipers & Snipes in Somalia
Our list for Somalia has 5 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Somalia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 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