shorebird

noun

shore·​bird ˈshȯr-ˌbərd 

: any of a suborder (Charadrii) of birds (such as a plover or sandpiper) that frequent the seashore

Examples of shorebird in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The most vulnerable shorebirds on Florida’s Gulf and Atlantic coasts, including in Volusia and Brevard, are the American oystercatchers, Black Skimmers, Least Terns, and Wilson’s and Snowy Plovers. —Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 July 2025

It’s adorned with bright wildflowers, tiny scuttling crabs, and shorebirds. —Jordan Charbonneau, Travel + Leisure, 30 June 2025

Waves also impact life on land, tossing sediment onto shore that eventually becomes beaches and dunes where shorebirds and other wildlife find refuge. —Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025

Here, midway through the human summer, the wild weather and the clear, slanting northern light and the migrating shorebirds all conspired to give me the sense of late September. —Robert Finch june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1672, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for shorebird

• afterword
• firebird
• hummingbird
• ladybird
• mockingbird
• overheard
• thunderbird
• undergird
• undeterred
• absurd
• averred
• bluebird

Kids Definition

shorebird

noun

shore·​bird ˈshō(ə)r-ˌbərd 

ˈshȯ(ə)r-

: any of a group of birds (as a plover or sandpiper) that frequent the seashore