Sandpipers & Snipes in Nevada
Our list for Nevada has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 2 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors, 11 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Nevada in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Oct
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusScarceRare23–26 cm
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresScarceRare21–24 cm
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–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
- Red-necked Phalarope 18–19 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 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
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 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