Sandpipers & Snipes in Northwest Territories
Our list for Northwest Territories has 17 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 12 summer visitors, 4 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
All 17, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Jul
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorScarceRare22–24 cm
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
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 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