Sandpipers & Snipes in United States
Our list for United States has 30 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 9 residents, 12 summer visitors, 4 winter visitors and 5 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · Oct
Share of all bird records in United States in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 30, most common first
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRecorded all year
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRecorded all year
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaSummer visitorRare36–42 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaSummer visitorRare37–41 cmRegularly May–Jan
RuffCalidris pugnaxSummer visitorRare20–32 cmRecorded all year
Sharp-tailed SandpiperCalidris acuminataPassage migrantRare17–22 cmRegularly Aug–Dec
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Dec
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
- White-rumped 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
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Purple Sandpiper 20–22 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
- Upland Sandpiper 28–32 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