shorebird

[ shawr-burd, shohr- ]

noun

1. a bird that frequents seashores, estuaries, etc., as the snipe, sandpiper, plover, and turnstone; a limicoline bird.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shorebird¹

First recorded in 1665–75; shore ¹ + bird

Example Sentences

Four UK shorebirds - the grey plover, dunlin, turnstone and curlew sandpiper - are becoming more endangered on the red list.

From BBC

Along the way, you may see marbled godwits, snowy egrets and other shorebirds.

From Los Angeles Times

My writer’s group had rented a lake house in Vermont this past June on an island in the middle of Lake Champlain, where shorebirds and ducklings paddled past.

From Los Angeles Times

Mono Lake provides habitat for imperiled shorebirds such as Wilson’s phalaropes, which stop at saline lakes during their long migrations, feeding on brine flies and other invertebrates.

From Los Angeles Times

Migrating shorebirds may have carried the virus from Europe to Newfoundland through Iceland or Greenland.

From New York Times