Sandpipers & Snipes in Hungary
Our list for Hungary has 24 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 10 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Hungary in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Aug
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
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 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