Sandpipers & Snipes in Oregon
Our list for Oregon has 26 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 5 summer visitors, 3 winter visitors, 17 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Oregon in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 26, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–May
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly May–Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Mar–Jan
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Aug–Apr
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
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
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper 17–22 cm
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Solitary 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
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Long-billed Dowitcher 27–30 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 cm
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 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