Sandpipers & Snipes in Mongolia
Our list for Mongolia has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 17 summer visitors and 6 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Mongolia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorCommon40–44 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorCommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly May–Oct
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 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
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 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