Sandpipers & Snipes in Lithuania
Our list for Lithuania has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 11 summer visitors and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Lithuania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Jul–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
- Purple Sandpiper 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