Sandpipers & Snipes in Slovakia
Our list for Slovakia has 20 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 6 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Slovakia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 20, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaPassage migrantCommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jun–Apr
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaSummer visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- 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
- 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