Sandpipers & Snipes in Yemen
Our list for Yemen has 12 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 8 passage migrants and 4 scarce visitors
All 12, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Feb
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Feb
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiScarceCommon13–15 cm
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoScarceCommon25–27 cm
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScarceCommon18–19 cm
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceCommon37–41 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 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