Sandpipers & Snipes in Indiana
Our list for Indiana has 27 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 6 summer visitors and 20 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Indiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 27, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Dec
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 cm
- Baird's Sandpiper 14–17 cm
- Western 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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Grey Phalarope 20–22 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