Sandpipers & Snipes in United Arab Emirates
Our list for United Arab Emirates has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 1 summer visitor and 10 winter visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in United Arab Emirates in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxWinter visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaResidentUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 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
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 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