Sandpipers & Snipes in Trinidad & Tobago
Our list for Trinidad & Tobago has 18 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 11 winter visitors, 6 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Trinidad & Tobago in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 18, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Dec
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
WilletTringa semipalmataWinter visitorUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary 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
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 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