Sandpipers & Snipes in Louisiana
Our list for Louisiana has 25 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 6 summer visitors, 6 winter visitors, 10 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Louisiana in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 25, most common first
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusWinter visitorUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRecorded all year
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Sep
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
- 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