Sandpipers & Snipes in Azerbaijan
Our list for Azerbaijan has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Azerbaijan in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantCommon19–21 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
CurlewNumenius arquataPassage migrantCommon50–60 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantCommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantCommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Oct–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusPassage migrantUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Nov
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceUncommon17–19 cm
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaScarceUncommon37–41 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
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 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