Sandpipers & Snipes in Kansas
Our list for Kansas has 24 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 7 summer visitors and 16 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Kansas in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorCommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusSummer visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorRare23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 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
- 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