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upland plover

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noun

  1. an American sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda, with a short slender bill and long tail

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They quit early at dusk, satisfied at having spotted 129 species, including such rarities as the upland plover and the western kingbird.

From Time Magazine Archive

New York: Quail, woodcock, upland plover, golden plover, black-bellied plover, willet, dowitcher, red-breasted sandpiper, long-billed curlew, wood-duck, purple martin, redheaded woodpecker, mourning dove; gray squirrel, otter.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday

They are eaten by the Wilson phalarope, avocet, black-necked stilt, pectoral sandpiper, killdeer, and upland plover.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday

In North America this is to-day the status of the whooping crane, upland plover, and several other species.

From Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday

The upland plover wails his greeting to the tussocked pastures, where day and night rings the shrill chorus of the hylas and the trill of the toads continually trembles in the soft air.

From In New England Fields and Woods by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson

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