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Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae
{n} a bird with a long slender bill
{i} any of several small wading birds with long slender beaks
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
a small bird with long legs and a long beak that lives near the shore. Any of numerous shorebirds (family Scolopacidae) found either breeding or wintering nearly worldwide. Sandpipers, 6-12 in. (15-30 cm) long, have a moderately long bill and legs, long, narrow wings, and a fairly short tail. Their plumage has a complicated "dead-grass" pattern of browns, buffs, and blacks above, white or cream below. They run along ocean and inland beaches and mudflats, picking up insects, crustaceans, and worms and uttering thin, piping cries. Many species migrate in great flocks, from the Arctic to South America and New Zealand
A small lamprey eel; the pride
Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidæ
curlew sandpiper
A type of sandpiper, calidris ferruginea
wood sandpiper
A Eurasian species of small wader birds, (Tringa glareola), that is the smallest of the shanks
The sandpiper
sanny
curlew sandpiper
Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
european sandpiper
a variety of sandpiper
least sandpiper
smallest American sandpiper
pectoral sandpiper
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
pectoral sandpiper
A New World sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) with brownish streaks on the upper part of the breast. The male inflates its breast during courtship
red-backed sandpiper
small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
sea sandpiper
The purple sandpiper
spotted sandpiper
A small brownish-gray North American shore bird (Actitis macularia) that in summer acquires white underparts with many small black spots. Also called peetweet
spotted sandpiper
common North American sandpiper
upland sandpiper
large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
upland sandpiper
A large brownish sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) inhabiting the fields and uplands of southern Canada and the northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Also called upland plover
sandpiper
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