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Definition of Least sandpiper
1. Noun. Smallest American sandpiper.
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Erolia, Genus Erolia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Least Sandpiper
Literary usage of Least sandpiper
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Birds of California: An Introduction to More Than Three Hundred Common Birds by Irene Grosvenor Wheelock (1903)
"By September 1 the adults are in winter plumage and ready for their trip south.
242. least sandpiper, OR MEADOW OXEYE. ..."
2. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1920)
"It is noteworthy that the calls of the least sandpiper are less similar to the
... and least sandpiper. The flight-note of the Semipalmated Sandpiper is a ..."
3. Michigan Bird Life: A List of All the Bird Species Known to Occur in the by Walter Bradford Barrows (1912)
"Very similar in coloration to the least sandpiper and of about the same size (wing
less than four inches), though the rump is ashy instead of black; ..."
4. Birdcraft: A Field Book of Two Hundred Song, Game, and Water Birds by Mabel Osgood Wright (1897)
"... that it hangs down upon the breast like a great tumour. It is a popular bird
with, gunners, and is known by them as Grass Snipe. least sandpiper: Tringa ..."
5. The Birds of Essex County, Massachusetts by Charles Wendell Townsend (1905)
"The least sandpiper, although occasionally found on the beaches, ... The greenish
yellow tarsi and feet of the least sandpiper, which can be seen in a good ..."
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