sanderling
a common, small sandpiper, Calidris alba, inhabiting sandy beaches.
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The sanderling is one of the most widely spread of all the Arctic Grallæ during its winter migration.
Argentine Ornithology, Volume II (of 2) | P. L. SclaterIn its winter plumage, in which we usually see it, it is likely to be confused with the northern phalarope or the sanderling.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland BentIt is appreciably different from the call of any other sandpiper known to me, although not so very unlike that of the sanderling.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland BentThe note of the sanderling is a soft ket, ket, ket, uttered singly or in series somewhat querulous in tone.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland BentThe sanderling is a rather silent bird at all times and seems to have a comparatively limited vocabulary.
Life Histories of North American Shore Birds, Part 1 (of 2) | Arthur Cleveland Bent
British Dictionary definitions for sanderling
/ (ˈsændəlɪŋ) /
a small sandpiper, Crocethia alba, that frequents sandy shores
Origin of sanderling
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