Sandpipers & Snipes in New Mexico
Our list for New Mexico has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 3 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 13 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in New Mexico in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Jun
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly May
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly May
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–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
- 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
- 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