Shorebird

Of wading bird and Charadrii.   May also be referred to as limicoline bird and shore bird.

Any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries.

This concept's ID is @1~10350

Contains

  • sandpiper 14 facts

    Any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely...

  • plover 6 facts

    Any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and...

  • snipe 5 facts

    Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar...

  • stilt 4 facts

    Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish...

  • phalarope 3 facts

    Small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the...

  • courser 2 facts

    Swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the p...

  • woodcock 2 facts

    Game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe.

  • curlew 2 facts

    Large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having...

  • godwit 1 facts

    Large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill.

  • stilt 1 facts

    Long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia.

  • surfbird 0 facts

    Sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America.

  • oystercatcher 0 facts

    Black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.

  • pratincole 0 facts

    Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the c...

  • stone curlew 0 facts

    Large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical...

  • avocet 0 facts

    Long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill.