Sandpipers & Snipes in District of Columbia
Our list for District of Columbia has 7 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in District of Columbia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 7, most common first
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantRare23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Aug
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Semipalmated Sandpiper 15–18 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 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