Sandpipers & Snipes in Croatia
Our list for Croatia has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 11 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Croatia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jan
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 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
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 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