Sandpipers & Snipes in New Brunswick
Our list for New Brunswick has 25 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 21 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Brunswick in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jun–Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaScarceRare40–50 cmRegularly Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Marbled Godwit 40–50 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