Sandpipers & Snipes in North Macedonia
Our list for North Macedonia has 8 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 5 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in North Macedonia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 8, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Apr
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaScarceUncommon13–15 cm
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaScarceUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 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