Sandpipers & Snipes in Romania
Our list for Romania has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 9 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 11 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Romania in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorCommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorCommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosScarceRare19–23 cmRegularly Aug
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's 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
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 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
- 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