shorebird

Synonyms:

limicoline bird, shore bird

Types:

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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

sandpiper

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

Aphriza virgata, surfbird

sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America

woodcock

game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

snipe

Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

curlew

large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill

godwit

large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill

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

Australian stilt, stilt

long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia

avocet

long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

oyster catcher, oystercatcher

black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.

phalarope

small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics

glareole, pratincole

Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers

courser

swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles

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

Charadrius melodus, piping plover

small plover of eastern North America

Charadrius vociferus, kildeer, killdeer, killdeer plover

American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry

Charadrius morinellus, Eudromias morinellus, dotrel, dotterel

rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia

golden plover

plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots

green plover, lapwing, peewit, pewit

large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs

turnstone

migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food

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

Eurasian woodcock, Scolopax rusticola

short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock

American woodcock, Philohela minor, woodcock snipe

small long-billed woodcock; prized as a game bird

Gallinago gallinago, whole snipe

common snipe of Eurasia and Africa

Gallinago gallinago delicata, Wilson's snipe

American snipe

Gallinago media, great snipe, woodcock snipe

Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe

Limnocryptes minima, half snipe, jacksnipe

a small short-billed Old World snipe

dowitcher

shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

European curlew, Numenius arquata

common Eurasian curlew

Eskimo curlew, Numenius borealis

New World curlew that breeds in northern North America

Hudsonian godwit, Limosa haemastica

New World godwit

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

Himantopus himantopus, black-winged stilt

stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings

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

Himantopus novae-zelandiae, kaki

blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt

Cladorhyncus leucocephalum, banded stilt

web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings

Phalaropus fulicarius, red phalarope

phalarope of northern oceans and lakes

Lobipes lobatus, northern phalarope

breeds in Arctic regions of Old and New Worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea

Steganopus tricolor, Wilson's phalarope

breeds on the northern great plains of Canada

Cursorius cursor, cream-colored courser

courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World

Pluvianus aegyptius, crocodile bird

African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles

Type of:

wader, wading bird

any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food