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dunlin::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | erolia alpina, red-backed sandpiper |
| Type of | sandpiper |
Examples of dunlin
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From the largest, the curlew, to the diminutive dunlin they delight the senses.
From the thisisbristol.co.uk
In nonbreeding plumage, the dunlin is grayish above and whitish on the belly.
From the dispatch.com
The average weight of a Pacific dunlin has decreased by 2-4g over the past 40 years.
From the sciencedaily.com
A dunlin, a tiny wading bird, flew past in the squall, 100 miles from land.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Across the road in a flooded pasture sat thousands of dunlin, which are stocky, long-billed shorebirds.
From the thenewstribune.com
The piercing call of oystercatchers carried to us and dunlin, greenshank, and whimbrel were also present.
From the guardian.co.uk
His gaze alights on a dunlin, a wading bird picking for worms in the flooded plain around the Minsmere river in Suffolk.
From the guardian.co.uk
The ongoing decline of the dunlin population has seen this wader slump to its lowest levels since recording began.
From the sciencedaily.com
Dunlin, Britain's commonest small wader, searching for food in the waters around South Uist in the Hebrides.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Red-backed sandpiper: small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
- The Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. ...
