Sandpipers & Snipes in Ukraine
Our list for Ukraine has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 11 summer visitors and 11 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Ukraine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaSummer visitorCommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorCommon20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusSummer visitorCommon21–24 cmRegularly Dec–Oct
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorUncommon27–29 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Little StintCalidris minutaSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorUncommon50–60 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusSummer visitorUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaPassage migrantUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantRare17–19 cmRegularly Mar–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep–Jan
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