Sandpipers & Snipes in Greece
Our list for Greece has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Greece in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Jun–Feb
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
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
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 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