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spotted sandpiper

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spotted sandpiper
n.
A small brownish-gray North American shore bird (Actitis macularia) that in summer acquires white underparts with many small black spots. Also called peetweet.
spotted sandpiper
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) a North American sandpiper, Actitis macularia, having a spotted breast in its breeding plumage Also called (US) peetweet
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Noun1.spotted sandpiper - common North American sandpiperspotted sandpiper - common North American sandpiper      
Actitis macularia
sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Actitis, genus Actitis - a genus of Scolopacidae
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A half a mile away, Dorris Ranch is a haven for pileated woodpeckers and spotted sandpipers.
PARK DISTRICT MAKES BIRDING A BREEZE by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
squatarola (Linnaues), black- I O bellied plover Family Recurvirostridae (stilts and avocets) Himantopus mexicanus (Muller), I R black-necked stilt Recurvirostra americana Gmelin, I R American avocet Family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies) Actitis macularia (Linnaeus), I O spotted sandpiper Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus), I R ruddy turnstone Bartramia longicauda I R (Bechstein), upland sandpiper Calidris acuminata (Horsfield), I R sharp-tailed sandpiper C.
Revised checklist of the vertebrates of Indiana by Minton, Sherman A. / Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science
During early morning walks down the Arroyo Simi bike path, Bolinger has caught glimpses of stilts, spotted sandpipers, yellowlegs, snipes and soras.
HOBBY TAKES WING\Bird watcher finds feathers abound in Simi by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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