#shorebird__shore_bird__shorebird__limicoline_bird__limicolinebird  any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
  supertype:  #wading_bird__wader  any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
  member of:  #suborder_Charadrii
  subtype:  #plover  any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers
     subtype:  #piping_plover__Charadrius_melodus  small plover of eastern North America
     subtype:  #killdeer_plover__killdeer__kildeer__Charadrius_vociferus  American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry
     subtype:  #dotterel__dotrel__Charadrius_morinellus__Eudromias_morinellus  rare plover of upland areas of Eurasia
     subtype:  #golden_plover  plovers of Europe and America having the backs marked with golden-yellow spots
     subtype:  #lapwing__green_plover__greenplover__peewit__pewit  large crested Old World plover having wattles and spurs
     subtype:  #turnstone  migratory shorebirds of the plover family that turn over stones in searching for food
        subtype:  #ruddy_turnstone__ruddyturnstone__Arenaria_interpres  common arctic turnstone that winters south to South America and Australia
        subtype:  #black_turnstone__blackturnstone__Arenaria-Melanocephala  common turnstone of North American Pacific coast
  subtype:  #sandpiper  any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
     subtype:  #European_sandpiper__Actitis_hypoleucos  a variety of sandpiper
     subtype:  #spotted_sandpiper__spottedsandpiper__Actitis_macularia  common North American sandpiper
     subtype:  #least_sandpiper__leastsandpiper__stint__Erolia_minutilla  smallest American sandpiper
     subtype:  #red-backed_sandpiper__dunlin__Erolia_alpina  small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
     subtype:  #greenshank__Tringa_nebularia  large European sandpiper with greenish legs
     subtype:  #redshank__Tringa_totanus  a common Old World wading bird with long red legs
     subtype:  #yellowlegs  either of two North American shorebird with yellow legs
        subtype:  #greater_yellowlegs__Tringa_melanoleuca  a variety of yellowlegs
        subtype:  #lesser_yellowlegs__Tringa_flavipes  a variety of yellowlegs
     subtype:  #pectoral_sandpiper__jacksnipe__Calidris_melanotos  American sandpiper that inflates its chest when courting
     subtype:  #grayback__knot__Calidris_canutus  sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the S hemisphere
     subtype:  #curlew_sandpiper__Calidris_Ferruginea  Old World sandpiper with a curved bill like a curlew
     subtype:  #sanderling__Crocethia_alba  small sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and migrates south along sandy coasts in most of world
     subtype:  #upland_sandpiper__upland_plover__Bartramian_sandpiper__Bartramia_longicauda  large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands
     subtype:  #Philomachus_pugnax__ruff  common Eurasian sandpiper; male has an erectile ruff in breeding season
        subtype:  #reeve  female ruff
     subtype:  #tattler  any of several long-legged shorebirds having a loud whistling cry
        subtype:  #Polynesian_tattler__Heteroscelus_incanus  tattler of Pacific coastal regions
        subtype:  #willet__Catoptrophorus_semipalmatus  large North American shorebird of eastern and Gulf coasts
  subtype:  #surfbird__Aphriza_virgata  sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North and South America
  subtype:  #woodcock  game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
     subtype:  #Eurasian_woodcock__Scolopax_rusticola  short-legged long-billed migratory Old World woodcock
     subtype:  #American_woodcock__woodcock_snipe__Philohela_minor  small long-billed American woodcock; prized as a game bird
  subtype:  #snipe  Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks
     subtype:  #whole_snipe__wholesnipe__common_snipe__Gallinago_gallinago  common snipe of Eurasia and Africa
     subtype:  #Wilson's_snipe__Gallinago_gallinago_delicata  American snipe
     subtype:  #great_snipe__greatsnipe__woodcock_snipe__Gallinago_media  Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe
     subtype:  #jacksnipe__half_snipe__Limnocryptes_minima  a small short-billed Old World snipe
     subtype:  #dowitcher  shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe
        subtype:  #Limnodromus_griseus__grayback  a dowitcher with a gray back
        subtype:  #red-breasted_snipe__Limnodromus_scolopaceus  a dowitcher with a red breast
  subtype:  #curlew  large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill
     subtype:  #European_curlew__Numenius_arquata  common Eurasian curlew
     subtype:  #Eskimo_curlew__Numenius_borealis  New World curlew that breeds in northern North America
  subtype:  #godwit  large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill
     subtype:  #Hudsonian_godwit__Limosa_haemastica  New World godwit
  subtype:  #Himantopus_stilt__stilt__stiltbird__longlegs__stilt_plover__stiltplover  long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
     subtype:  #black-necked_stilt__Himantopus_mexicanus  stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
     subtype:  #black-winged_stilt__Himantopus_himantopus  stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
     subtype:  #white-headed_stilt__Himantopus_himantopus_leucocephalus__himantopushimantopusleucocephalu  stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
     subtype:  #kaki__Himantopus_novae-zelandiae  blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
  subtype:  #Australian_stilt__stilt  long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia
     subtype:  #banded_stilt__Cladorhyncus_leucocephalum  web-footed Australian stilt with reddish-brown pectoral markings
  subtype:  #avocet  long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill
  subtype:  #oystercatcher__oyster_catcher  black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.
  subtype:  #phalarope  small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the arctic and winter in the tropics
     subtype:  #red_phalarope__redphalarope__Phalaropus_fulicarius  phalarope of northern oceans and lakes
     subtype:  #northern_phalarope__Lobipes_lobatus  breeds in arctic regions of Old and New worlds; large flocks often seen far out at sea
     subtype:  #Wilson's_phalarope__Steganopus_tricolor  breeds on the northern great plains of Canada
  subtype:  #pratincole__glareole  Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers
  subtype:  #courser  swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa
     subtype:  #cream-colored_courser__creamcoloredcourser__Cursorius_cursor  courser of desert and semidesert regions of the Old World
     subtype:  #crocodile_bird__crocodilebird__Pluvianus_aegyptius  African courser that feeds on insect parasites on crocodiles
  subtype:  #stone_curlew__stonecurlew__thick-knee__thickknee__Burhinus_oedicnemus  large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint

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