Bartram's sandpiper
English
editEtymology
editNamed for American naturalist William Bartram. See also sandpiper.
Noun
editBartram's sandpiper (plural Bartram's sandpipers)
- (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
edit- “Bartram's sandpiper”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.