Sandpipers & Snipes in Vietnam
Our list for Vietnam has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 15 winter visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vietnam in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Aug–Feb
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Nov–Jul
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–Mar
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceRare13–15 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 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