Sandpipers & Snipes in Turkey
Our list for Turkey has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 3 summer visitors, 10 winter visitors and 4 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Turkey in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusResidentCommon27–29 cmRecorded all year
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May
Little StintCalidris minutaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
GreenshankTringa nebulariaResidentUncommon30–35 cmRecorded all year
CurlewNumenius arquataWinter visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRecorded all year
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Jul–May
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaWinter visitorUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Mar
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Aug–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 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
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 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