Sandpipers & Snipes in Oklahoma
Our list for Oklahoma has 24 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 1 summer visitor, 3 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Oklahoma in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 24, most common first
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantUncommon28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataPassage migrantUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Apr–May
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 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