upland sandpiper

noun

: a large short-billed American sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) that frequents fields and prairies

called also upland plover

Illustration of upland sandpiper

Examples of upland sandpiper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The overall goal is to sustain and enhance sandplain grassland habitat, a habitat that many species rely on to survive and reproduce, including grassland nesting birds like the upland sandpiper, grasshopper sparrow, eastern meadowlark, and savannah sparrow. —Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 22 Mar. 2024

Hampden County: Several upland sandpipers between Perimeter Road and the Stony Brook Wetlands in Ludlow, four Acadian flycatchers in Granville, a hooded warbler at the Grace Robson Wildlife Sanctuary in Westfield, and a blue grosbeak at the Southwick Wildlife Management Area in Southwick. —BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023

There were six Northern shovelers, an upland sandpiper, and a late snow bunting at Nantucket and an eared grebe continued at Marblehead. —BostonGlobe.com, 17 Apr. 2021

Sixteen whimbrels and 32 Hudsonian godwits off Horseneck Beach in Westport, an early great cormorant at Gooseberry Neck in Westport, and an upland sandpiper off Mishaum Point Road in South Dartmouth. —Grace Gilson, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2022

An upland sandpiper, also endangered in the state, has been documented on the prairie. —Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2021

There was a tricolored heron at Magnolia Point in Gloucester and an upland sandpiper at Logan Airport. —BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2019

Notable breeding species include Henslow's sparrow, king and Virginia rails, upland sandpiper, least bitterns, American bitterns and common snipe. —Frank Abderholden, Lake County News-Sun, 2 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for upland sandpiper

• diaper
• hyper
• piper
• riper
• sniper
• viper
• wiper