The Sandpipers were an American easy listening trio who carved a niche in 1960s folk rock with their vocals and innovative arrangements of international...
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seeds and shoots as well as invertebrates. Many sandpipers form monogamous pairs, but some sandpipers have female-only parental care, some male-only parental...
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The Sandpiper is a 1965 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the third of eleven films...
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polyandrous behavior, spotted sandpipers tend to produce more offspring compared to other species of sandpipers. These birds forage on the ground or in water, picking...
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group of the 1960s and '70s The Sandpipers (album), a 1967 album by this group Atlantic City Sandpipers, a New Jersey basketball team Sandpiper 565, a sailboat...
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The green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) is a small wader (shorebird) of the Old World. The green sandpiper represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa;...
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The Polynesian sandpipers form the genus Prosobonia. They are small wading birds confined to remote Pacific islands of French Polynesia. Only one species...
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formerly placed in the genus Erolia, but is now placed with 23 other sandpipers in the genus Calidris that was introduced in 1804 by the German naturalist...
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Eagles before been re-named Sydney Sandpipers after the sandpiper. Together with Sydney Swifts and Hunter Jaegers, Sandpipers were one of three teams to represent...
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placed it with the sandpipers in the genus Tringa and coined the binomial name Tringa cancellata. Gmelin based his description on the "Barred phalarope"...
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species of sandpipers and allies in the family Scolopacidae are recognized by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC). In addition to the species...
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Among the Scolopacidae, Xenus is part of the shank-tattler-phalarope clade and less closely related to the calidrid sandpipers. Based on the degree of...
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abandoned strip mines in the east. Their true core range and habitat is in the northern midwest United States. Upland sandpipers forage in fields, picking...
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namesake feature. Baird's sandpipers breed in the northern tundra from eastern Siberia to western Greenland. They nest on the ground, usually in dry locations...
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underneath. They have a light line above the eye and a dark crown. In winter, Least sandpipers are grey above. The juveniles are brightly patterned above...
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formerly placed in the genus Erolia, but is now placed with 23 other sandpipers in the genus Calidris that was introduced in 1804 by the German naturalist...
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now classified under the calidrid sandpipers. The most distinctive feature of this species is its spatulate bill. The breeding adult bird has a red-brown...
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The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, it is the smallest of the shanks...
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Sharp-tailed sandpipers breed from to June to August in the short Siberian summer, making shallow, hollow, lined nests made of leaves and grass. The nests are...
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The Tuamotu sandpiper (Prosobonia parvirostris) is an endangered member of the large wader family Scolopacidae, that is endemic to the Tuamotu Islands...
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The Moorea Sandpiper (Prosobonia ellisi) is an extinct member of the large wader family Scolopacidae that was endemic to Mo'orea in French Polynesia, where...
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smaller calidrid sandpipers or "stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining whether it should be placed in Calidris or in the monotypic genus...
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The Sandpipers was an LP album featuring the group of the same name, released by A&M Records in May 1967. The album reached #53 on the Billboard charts...
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oystercatchers. Its family, Scolopacidae, encompasses all sandpipers, and as a stint it is classified in the genus Calidris. It is classified as monotypic species...
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The common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos) is a small Palearctic wader. This bird and its American sister species, the spotted sandpiper (A. macularia)...
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Broad-billed sandpipers are small waders, slightly smaller than the dunlin, but with a longer straighter bill, and shorter legs. The breeding adult...
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small groups. Marsh sandpipers are rare vagrants to North America, with most records in Alaska and California. The first marsh sandpiper recorded in Canada...
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and their larvae, spiders, snails, worms and crustaceans. Semipalmated sandpipers rely heavily on horseshoe crab eggs during spring migration. Females will...
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SandpiperCI is a retail and food and beverage operator based in the Channel Islands. It mostly operates franchises of British chain stores, such as Marks...
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often very tame. Buff-breasted sandpipers are suspected to have hybridized with the white-rumped or Baird's sandpiper. This species has been sighted in...
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