Sandpipers & Snipes in Yukon Territory
Our list for Yukon Territory has 24 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 9 summer visitors, 14 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Yukon Territory in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Jun
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jun–Aug
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Jun
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Western 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
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 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
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 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