Sandpipers & Snipes in Serbia
Our list for Serbia has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 8 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 8 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Serbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Nov–Sep
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataResidentUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusScarceRare18–19 cm
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 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