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Sandpiper vs Plover - What's the difference?

sandpiper | plover |

As nouns the difference between sandpiper and plover

is that sandpiper is any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae while plover is any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.

sandpiper

English

(wikipedia 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

    plover

    English

    (wikipedia plover)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various wading birds of the family Charadriidae.

    • See also

    * American golden plover * black-bellied plover * killdeer * * ringed plover *

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