Sandpipers & Snipes in Norway
Our list for Norway has 28 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 20 summer visitors, 5 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Norway in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 28, most common first
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaResidentCommon20–22 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Feb
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Aug
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly May–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRecorded all year
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Little 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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 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