Sandpipers & Snipes in Georgia
Our list for Georgia has 26 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 residents, 2 summer visitors, 9 winter visitors, 9 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Georgia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug
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
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Wilson's Phalarope 22–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 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