Sandpipers & Snipes in Tasmania
Our list for Tasmania has 10 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 7 summer visitors and 1 passage migrant
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Tasmania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 10, most common first
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentUncommon37–41 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataSummer visitorUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Dec–Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorRare18–23 cmRegularly Oct–Feb
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Jan
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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