Sandpipers & Snipes in Suriname
Our list for Suriname has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 winter visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Suriname in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 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