Sandpipers & Snipes in Maine
Our list for Maine has 26 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 1 resident, 7 summer visitors, 2 winter visitors and 16 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Maine in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Jan
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–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
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 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