shore bird
Plover or curlew
A shore bird is any of various wading birds that frequent coastal areas, mudflats, and shorelines, feeding in shallow water or along the water's edge.
Sandpipers, plovers, and oystercatchers are typical examples.
Also spelled as one word: shorebird.
- long legsExtended lower limbs
- sandpiperSmall wading shorebird
- waderShallow-water walker
- avocetCurved-bill wading bird
- ploverCompact coastal wading bird
courser · oystercatcher · snipe · whimbrel · sanderling · curlew · turnstone · yellowlegs · godwit · stilt · knot · heron · willet · gull · cormorant · egret · tern · arctic tern
- dunessand dune, blowout, crests, dune formation, coastal dunes
- tidal lifetide pool, tide pools, sea star, sea urchin, urchin
behavioral type
shore birdsongbird
Melodious perching avian
raptor · passerine · bird of prey · hummingbird · nectar-feeder