peewit

Synonyms:

green plover, lapwing, pewit

Type of:

plover

any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

Synonyms:

Contopus virens, peewee, pewee, pewit, wood pewee

Types:

Contopus sordidulus, western wood pewee

small flycatcher of western North America

Type of:

New World flycatcher, flycatcher, tyrant bird, tyrant flycatcher

large American birds that characteristically catch insects on the wing