Sandpipers & Snipes in South Australia
Our list for South Australia has 12 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 10 summer visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in South Australia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 12, most common first
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaResidentRare40–44 cmRegularly Sep–Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 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
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 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