Sandpipers & Snipes in Northern Mariana Islands
Our list for Northern Mariana Islands has 11 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 winter visitors and 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Northern Mariana Islands in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 11, most common first
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentCommon40–46 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantCommon17–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaWinter visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Oct–Dec
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoPassage migrantUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Dec
RedshankTringa totanusPassage migrantUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cmData: 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