Sandpipers & Snipes in Arkansas
Our list for Arkansas has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 4 residents, 1 winter visitor and 18 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Arkansas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantCommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 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