Sandpiper
Origin
From sand + piper
Full definition of sandpiper
Noun
sandpiper
(plural sandpipers)- Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae.
Derived terms
- Baird's Sandpiper, Calidris bairdii
- Broad-billed Sandpiper, Limicola falcinellus
- Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis
- Common Sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
- Curlew Sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
- Green Sandpiper, Tringa ochropus
- Least Sandpiper, Calidris minutilla
- Marsh Sandpiper, Tringa stagnatilis
- Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
- Purple Sandpiper, Calidris maritima
- Rock Sandpiper, Calidris ptilocnemis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla
- Sharp-tailed Sandpiper, Calidris acuminata
- Solitary Sandpiper, Tringa solitaria
- Spoon-billed Sandpiper, Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
- Spotted Sandpiper, Actitis macularius
- Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus
- Tahiti Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera
- Terek Sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
- Tuamotu Sandpiper, Aechmorhynchus parvirostris
- Upland Sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
- Western Sandpiper, Calidris mauri
- White-rumped Sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis
- Wood Sandpiper, Tringa glareola