Sandpipers & Snipes in Thailand
Our list for Thailand has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 18 winter visitors and 3 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Thailand in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentUncommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusWinter visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Dec–Jan
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 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