Sandpipers & Snipes in Arizona
Our list for Arizona has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 3 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors and 14 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Arizona in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–Apr
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Oct
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Oct
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Western Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- White-rumped Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Marbled Godwit 40–50 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