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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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

Also there were many crow-blackbirds hopping about in the dry fields, and the upland plover were breeding close by the light-house.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 by Various

Two species of shorebirds, the killdeer and upland plover, still further befriend cattle by devouring the North American fever tick.

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

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 Hornaday, William Temple

She had her eyes from the deepest part of a deep moorland loch, her cheeks from the briar rose, some of the notes of her voice from the upland plover, and some from the lark.

From The Spread Eagle and Other Stories by Morris, Gouverneur

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