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 · Oct
Share of all bird records in Alaska in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 34, most common first
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusScarceRare17–19 cmRegularly Sep
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Sep
GreenshankTringa nebulariaScarceRare30–35 cmRegularly May–Jun
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Aug
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiScarceRare13–15 cm
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Jun
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