Sandpipers & Snipes in Vermont
Our list for Vermont has 22 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 3 residents, 1 summer visitor, 17 passage migrants and 1 scarce visitor
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Vermont in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 22, most common first
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly 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
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Stilt 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
- 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
- Hudsonian Godwit 36–42 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 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