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upland sandpiper

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upland sandpiper
n.
A large brownish sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) inhabiting the fields and uplands of southern Canada and the northern United States east of the Rocky Mountains. Also called upland plover.
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Noun1.upland sandpiper - large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplandsupland sandpiper - large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
Bartramia longicauda, Bartramian sandpiper, upland plover
sandpiper - any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Bartramia, genus Bartramia - a genus of Scolopacidae
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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.
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