Sandpipers & Snipes in Tunisia
Our list for Tunisia has 17 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tunisia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 17, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–May
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantCommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantCommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 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
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 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