Sandpipers & Snipes in Russia
Our list for Russia has 26 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 17 summer visitors and 9 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Russia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaSummer visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Oct
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
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 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