Sandpipers & Snipes in Albania
Our list for Albania has 17 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Albania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 17, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Jul
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceUncommon23–26 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 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
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 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
- 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