Sandpipers & Snipes in Canada
Our list for Canada has 31 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 18 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors and 10 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Canada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Dec
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
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