western sandpiper

western sandpiper
noun
: a small sandpiper (Ereunetes mauri) very closely related to the semipalmated sandpiper which it chiefly replaces in western No. America but frequently occurring also along the Atlantic coast

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western sandpiper,
a small sandpiper that nests in Alaska and winters along the coasts of the United States south to northern South America.

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