Sandpipers & Snipes in Marshall Islands
Our list for Marshall Islands has 5 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 winter visitor and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Marshall Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 5, most common first
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantCommon17–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantCommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 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