Sandpipers & Snipes in Spain
Our list for Spain has 31 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 summer visitor, 18 winter visitors and 8 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in Spain in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 31, most common first
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorRare33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Jul–Dec
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorRare23–27 cmRegularly Aug–May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
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