Sandpipers & Snipes in Zambia
Our list for Zambia has 12 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Zambia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaResidentUncommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantRare50–60 cmRegularly Dec
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantRare40–44 cmRegularly Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Oct
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceRare37–41 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 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
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 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