Sandpipers & Snipes in Slovenia
Our list for Slovenia has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 13 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Slovenia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaWinter visitorCommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorCommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Feb–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaPassage migrantUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Feb–Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Aug
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Sep
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
- 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