#sandpiper any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
supertype: shorebird__shore_bird__shorebird__limicoline_bird__limicolinebird any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
member of: family_Scolopacidae
subtype: European_sandpiper__Actitis_hypoleucos a variety of sandpiper
subtype: spotted_sandpiper__spottedsandpiper__Actitis_macularia common North American sandpiper
subtype: least_sandpiper__leastsandpiper__stint__Erolia_minutilla smallest American sandpiper
subtype: red-backed_sandpiper__dunlin__Erolia_alpina small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
subtype: greenshank__Tringa_nebularia large European sandpiper with greenish legs
subtype: redshank__Tringa_totanus a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
subtype: yellowlegs either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
subtype: greater_yellowlegs__Tringa_melanoleuca a variety of yellowlegs
subtype: lesser_yellowlegs__Tringa_flavipes a variety of yellowlegs
subtype: pectoral_sandpiper__jacksnipe__Calidris_melanotos American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
subtype: grayback__knot__Calidris_canutus sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
subtype: curlew_sandpiper__Calidris_Ferruginea Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
subtype: sanderling__Crocethia_alba small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates south along sandy coasts in most of world
subtype: upland_sandpiper__upland_plover__Bartramian_sandpiper__Bartramia_longicauda large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
subtype: Philomachus_pugnax__ruff common Eurasian sandpiper; male has an erectile ruff in breeding season
subtype: reeve female ruff
subtype: tattler any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry
subtype: Polynesian_tattler__Heteroscelus_incanus tattler of Pacific coastal regions
subtype: willet__Catoptrophorus_semipalmatus large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf coasts
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