Sandpipers & Snipes in West Virginia
Our list for West Virginia has 14 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 2 residents and 12 passage migrants
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in West Virginia in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 14, most common first
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Least Sandpiper 13–15 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
- Stilt Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Solitary Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Pectoral Sandpiper 19–23 cm
- Lesser Yellowlegs 23–27 cm
- Short-billed Dowitcher 23–32 cm
- Greater Yellowlegs 29–40 cm
- Willet 33–41 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