any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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semantic pointers
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European sandpiper, Actitis hypoleucos
spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia
least sandpiper, stint, Erolia minutilla
red-backed sandpiper, dunlin, Erolia alpina
greenshank, Tringa nebularia
redshank, Tringa totanus
yellowlegs
pectoral sandpiper, jacksnipe, Calidris melanotos
knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus
curlew sandpiper, Calidris Ferruginea
sanderling, Crocethia alba
upland sandpiper, upland plover, Bartramian sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda
ruff, Philomachus pugnax
tattler