Sandpipers & Snipes in Florida
Our list for Florida has 26 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 10 residents, 3 summer visitors, 5 winter visitors, 7 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Florida in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentCommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesResidentUncommon23–27 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaResidentUncommon40–50 cmRecorded all year
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorRare18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr
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
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 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
- 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