Sandpipers & Snipes in Timor-Leste
Our list for Timor-Leste has 10 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Timor-Leste in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Mar
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantCommon17–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceUncommon37–41 cm
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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