Sandpipers & Snipes in Czechia
Our list for Czechia has 24 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors, 13 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Czechia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Sep–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorRare40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScarceRare19–23 cm
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 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