Bartram's sandpiper

English

Etymology

Named for American naturalist William Bartram. See also sandpiper.

Noun

Bartram's sandpiper (plural Bartram's sandpipers)

1. (archaic) The upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, a bird native to the Americas.
   • 1896, Henry Seebohm, Richard Bowdler Sharpe, Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds‎^[1], page 134:

     Eight examples of Bartram's Sandpiper have been obtained in Britain. The species inhabits temperate North America.

   • 2010, Mary Elizabeth Salzmann, Albatross to Zebra Finch: Birds from A to Z‎^[2], page 24:

     Guess what? Upland sandpipers are also sometimes called upland plovers or Bartram's sandpipers.

References

• “Bartram's sandpiper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.