Sandpipers & Snipes in Alaska
Our list for Alaska has 34 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 22 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 7 passage migrants and 3 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorCommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriSummer visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusSummer visitorCommon20–22 cmRegularly May–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorCommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantUncommon17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoSummer visitorUncommon25–27 cmRegularly May–Oct
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly May–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiSummer visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep
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