Sandpipers & Snipes in Austria
Our list for Austria has 24 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 8 summer visitors, 13 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Austria in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusScarceRare20–22 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 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