sandpiper

/ˌsæn(d)ˈpaɪpər/

Other forms: sandpipers

Definitions of sandpiper

1. noun

   any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
   types:

   Actitis hypoleucos, European sandpiper

   a variety of sandpiper

   Actitis macularia, spotted sandpiper

   common North American sandpiper

   Erolia minutilla, least sandpiper, stint

   smallest American sandpiper

   Erolia alpina, dunlin, red-backed sandpiper

   small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions

   Tringa nebularia, greenshank

   large European sandpiper with greenish legs

   Tringa totanus, redshank

   a common Old World wading bird with long red legs

   yellowlegs

   either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs

   Calidris melanotos, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper

   American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting

   Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback, knot

   a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

   Calidris Ferruginea, curlew sandpiper

   Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew

   Crocethia alba, sanderling

   small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world

   Bartramia longicauda, Bartramian sandpiper, upland plover, upland sandpiper

   large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands

   Philomachus pugnax, ruff

   common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season

   tattler

   any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry

   Tringa melanoleuca, greater yellowlegs

   a variety of yellowlegs

   Tringa flavipes, lesser yellowlegs

   a variety of yellowlegs

   reeve

   female ruff

   Heteroscelus incanus, Polynesian tattler

   tattler of Pacific coastal regions

   Catoptrophorus semipalmatus, willet

   large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf Coasts

   type of:

   limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird

   any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries