Definition of Actitis macularia. Meaning of Actitis macularia. Synonyms of Actitis macularia

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Definition of Actitis macularia

Actitis macularia
Sandpiper Sand"pi`per, n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringid[ae]. Note: The most important North American species are the pectoral sandpiper (Tringa maculata), called also brownback, grass snipe, and jacksnipe; the red-backed, or black-breasted, sandpiper, or dunlin (T. alpina); the purple sandpiper (T. maritima: the red-breasted sandpiper, or knot (T. canutus); the semipalmated sandpiper (Ereunetes pusillus); the spotted sandpiper, or teeter-tail (Actitis macularia); the buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), and the Bartramian sandpiper, or upland plover. See under Upland. Among the European species are the dunlin, the knot, the ruff, the sanderling, and the common sandpiper (Actitis, or Tringoides, hypoleucus), called also fiddler, peeper, pleeps, weet-weet, and summer snipe. Some of the small plovers and tattlers are also called sandpipers. 2. (Zo["o]l.) A small lamprey eel; the pride. Curlew sandpiper. See under Curlew. Stilt sandpiper. See under Stilt.

Meaning of Actitis macularia from wikipedia

- sandpiper (Actitis macularius) is a small s****bird. Together with its sister species the common sandpiper (A. hypoleucos), it makes up the genus Actitis. They...
- sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (A. macularia), make up the...
- minor (A) Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata (B) Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia (B) Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria (B) Wandering tattler, Tringa...
- (accidental) Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Wandering tattler, Tringa incana...
- Gallinago delicata Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus (*) Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Gray-tailed tattler, Tringa brevipes...
- Actitis is a small genus of waders, comprising just two very similar bird species. The genus Actitis was introduced in 1811 by the German zoologist Johann...
- Gallinago delicata Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus (A) Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Wandering tattler, Tringa incana...
- minor (B) Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata (B) Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia (B) Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa...
- minor (B) Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata (B) Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia (B) Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria Lesser yellowlegs, Tringa...
- minor (B) Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata (B) Spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia (B) Solitary sandpiper, Tringa solitaria (B) Wandering tattler, Tringa...