Sandpipers & Snipes in Tanzania
Our list for Tanzania has 16 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 9 summer visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tanzania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 16, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorRare25–27 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Feb
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantRare29–31 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 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