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Definition of Curlew sandpiper
1. Noun. Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew.
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Calidris, Genus Calidris
Definition of Curlew sandpiper
1. Noun. A type of sandpiper, ''Calidris ferruginea''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Curlew Sandpiper
Literary usage of Curlew sandpiper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"curlew sandpiper in New Jersey.— On July 29, 1904, a friend shot at Long Beach,
Barnegat Bay, NJ, a strange sandpiper. It was forwarded to me, ..."
2. A History of British Birds by William Yarrell, Alfred Newton, Howard Saunders (1884)
"ONE of the earliest notices of the curlew sandpiper, or Pigmy Curlew, as a British
bird, occurs in Boy's ' History of Sandwich,' in reference to a specimen ..."
3. Birds of Great Britain and Ireland: Parts 1-4 by William Jardine (1866)
"... the plumage to be " dull greyish-black, the feathers being margined with dirty
yellowish-brown; bill at the base ochre- yellow." THE curlew sandpiper ..."
4. The Ibis by British Ornithologists' Union (1892)
"The curlew sandpiper is found in considerable numbers on the coast ; but M.
Pollen says that he has never observed it before October, or later than that ..."
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