Sandpipers & Snipes in Iran
Our list for Iran has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 2 summer visitors, 13 winter visitors and 2 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Iran in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusWinter visitorCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusWinter visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantCommon18–19 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–May
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaWinter visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Little StintCalidris minutaResidentUncommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Aug–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Nov–Mar
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
- 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