Sandpipers & Snipes in Turks & Caicos Islands
Our list for Turks & Caicos Islands has 15 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 8 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turks & Caicos Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 15, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusWinter visitorCommon23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Jan–Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisScarceUncommon15–18 cm
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
- 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
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 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