Sandpipers & Snipes in St Pierre & Miquelon
Our list for St Pierre & Miquelon has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 summer visitor, 1 winter visitor, 18 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in St Pierre & Miquelon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantCommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantCommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantCommon23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantCommon23–26 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantCommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusScarceUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 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