As nouns the difference between sandpiper and bobwhite
is that sandpiper is any of various small wading birds of the family scolopacidae while bobwhite is any one of four species of quail in the genus colinus , of the bird family odontophoridae, limited to the americas.
sandpiper
Noun
(sandpipers)
Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae.
Derived terms
* , Calidris bairdii
* , Limicola falcinellus
* , Tryngites subruficollis
* , Actitis hypoleucos
* curlew sandpiper, Calidris ferruginea
* , Tringa ochropus
* , Calidris minutilla
* , Tringa stagnatilis
* pectoral sandpiper, Calidris melanotos
* purple sandpiper, Calidris maritima
* , Calidris ptilocnemis
* , Calidris pusilla
* , Calidris acuminata
* , Tringa solitaria
* , Eurynorhynchus pygmeus
* , Actitis macularia
* , Calidris himantopus
* , Prosobonia leucoptera
* , Xenus cinereus
* , Aechmorhynchus parvirostris
* , Bartramia longicauda
* , Calidris mauri
* , Calidris fuscicollis
* wood sandpiper, Tringa glareola
bobwhite
English
Noun
(
Bobwhite Quail)
(
en noun)
Any one of four species of quail in the genus Colinus , of the bird family Odontophoridae, limited to the Americas.
Derived terms
* crested bobwhite
* northern bobwhite
* spot-bellied bobwhite
* Yucatan bobwhite