Sandpipers & Snipes in New South Wales
Our list for New South Wales has 14 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 10 summer visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New South Wales in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorRare30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorRare19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Nov
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 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