pectoral sandpiper

noun

an American sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, the male of which, when courting, inflates its chest conspicuously.

An Americanism dating back to 1820–30

Of the Pectoral Sandpiper's nesting habits, little has been known until recently.

Occasionally she would take a short flight about me and utter a note very similar to the rattling call of the pectoral sandpiper.

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