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Definition of Actitis macularia
1. Noun. Common North American sandpiper.
Exact synonyms: Spotted Sandpiper
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Actitis, Genus Actitis
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Actitis, Genus Actitis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Actitis Macularia
Literary usage of Actitis macularia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"Actitis macularia (p.'. aa. Summer adults with under parts immaculate whit«,
except chest, which is pale grayish brown streaked with darker. ..."
2. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Actitis macularia, Naum., 1836, AOU Check-list, 1895, and most recent authors.
Plate XI. The adult is recognizable as the only sandpiper whose under parts ..."