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plover
any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
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sandpiper
any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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Aphriza virgata, surfbird
sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America
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woodcock
game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
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snipe
Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
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curlew
large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
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godwit
large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill
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Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
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Australian stilt, stilt
long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
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avocet
long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
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oyster catcher, oystercatcher
black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
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phalarope
small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics
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glareole, pratincole
Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
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courser
swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles
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Burhinus oedicnemus, stone curlew, thick-knee
large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint
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Charadrius melodus, piping plover
small plover of eastern North America
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Charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer, killdeer plover
American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
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Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus, dotrel, dotterel
rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
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golden plover
plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots
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green plover, lapwing, peewit, pewit
large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
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turnstone
migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
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Actitis hypoleucos, European sandpiper
a variety of sandpiper
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Actitis macularia, spotted sandpiper
common North American sandpiper
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Erolia minutilla, least sandpiper, stint
smallest American sandpiper
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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
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Tringa nebularia, greenshank
large European sandpiper with greenish legs
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Tringa totanus, redshank
a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
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yellowlegs
either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
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Calidris melanotos, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper
American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
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Calidris canutus, grayback, greyback, knot
a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
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Calidris Ferruginea, curlew sandpiper
Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
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Crocethia alba, sanderling
small sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and migrates southward along sandy coasts in most of world
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Bartramia longicauda, Bartramian sandpiper, upland plover, upland sandpiper
large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
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Philomachus pugnax, ruff
common Eurasian sandpiper; the male has an erectile neck ruff in breeding season
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tattler
any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry
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Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola
short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock
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American woodcock, Philohela minor, woodcock snipe
small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird
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Gallinago gallinago, whole snipe
common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
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Gallinago gallinago delicata, Wilson's snipe
American snipe
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Gallinago media, great snipe, woodcock snipe
Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
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Limnocryptes minima, half snipe, jacksnipe
a small short-billed Old World snipe
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dowitcher
shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
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European curlew, Numenius arquata
common Eurasian curlew
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Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis
New World curlew that breeds in northern North America
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Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica
New World godwit
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Himantopus mexicanus, black-necked stilt
stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
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Himantopus himantopus, black-winged stilt
stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
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Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, white-headed stilt
stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
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Himantopus novae-zelandiae, kaki
blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
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Cladorhyncus leucocephalum, banded stilt
web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings
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Phalaropus fulicarius, red phalarope
phalarope of northern oceans and lakes
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Lobipes lobatus, northern phalarope
breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea
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Steganopus tricolor, Wilson's phalarope
breeds on the northern great plains of Canada
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Cursorius cursor, cream-colored courser
courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World
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Pluvianus aegyptius, crocodile bird
African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles