(american) pectoral sandpiper
1pectoral sandpiper — ☆ pectoral sandpiper n. a large, grayish brown, American sandpiper (Calidris melanotos) with a streaked breast, white belly, and yellow legs …
2Pectoral Sandpiper — NOTOC Taxobox name = Pectoral Sandpiper image caption = Adult brooding hatchlings status = LC status system = iucn3.1 regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Aves subclassis = Neornithes infraclassis = Neognathae superordo = Neoaves ordo =… …
3pectoral sandpiper — Jacksnipe Jack snipe , n. (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A small European snipe ({Limnocryptes gallinula}); called also {judcock}, {jedcock}, {juddock}, {jed}, and {half snipe}. (b) A small American sandpiper ({Tringa maculata}); called also {pectoral sandpiper} …
4pectoral sandpiper — noun American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting • Syn: ↑jacksnipe, ↑Calidris melanotos • Hypernyms: ↑sandpiper • Member Holonyms: ↑Calidris, ↑genus Calidris …
5pectoral sandpiper — an American sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, the male of which, when courting, inflates its chest conspicuously. [1820 30, Amer.] * * * …
6Sandpiper — Sand pi per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas}, {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family {Tringid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: The most important North… …
7Curlew sandpiper — Sandpiper Sand pi per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas}, {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family {Tringid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: The most important… …
8Stilt sandpiper — Sandpiper Sand pi per, n. 1. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to {Tringa}, {Actodromas}, {Ereunetes}, and various allied genera of the family {Tringid[ae]}. [1913 Webster] Note: The most important… …
9Cox's Sandpiper — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves …
10Birds of North American boreal forests — The boreal forest or taiga of the North American continent stretches through a majority of Canada and most of central Alaska, extending spottily into the beginning of the Rocky Mountain range in Northern Montana and into New England and the… …
