Sandpipers & Snipes in Taiwan
Our list for Taiwan has 26 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 17 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Taiwan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Jul–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
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
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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