Sandpipers & Snipes in Utah
Our list for Utah has 23 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents, 4 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 15 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Utah in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 23, most common first
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorUncommon22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Feb–Nov
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Jan
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly May–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Jun
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Oct
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentRare21–24 cmRegularly May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisScarceRare15–18 cmRegularly Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
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
- 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
- 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
- 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