upland plover
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Related to upland plover: Bartramia longicauda
upland plover
orupland sandpiper
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(Animals) an American sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, with a short slender bill and long tail
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |