dunlin

[ duhn-lin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a common sandpiper, Calidris alpina, that breeds in the northern parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

dunlin

/ ˈdʌnlɪn /

a small sandpiper, Calidris (or Erolia ) alpina, of northern and arctic regions, having a brown back and black breast in summer Also calledred-backed sandpiper

Origin of dunlin¹

1525–35; variant of dunling. See dun ², -ling ¹

Origin of dunlin¹

C16: dun ² + -ling ¹

Pickerel, pik′e-rel, n. an American pike: a wading bird, the dunlin.

The period of incubation is probably the same as for the European dunlin, 22 days.

Its note is described as being louder than that of the Dunlin.

At Kaolak River (July 17, 1951) a dunlin was feeding and flying with a group of four semipalmated sandpipers.

Next day in the same general area where winds had driven water on the sand, four semipalmated sandpipers were feeding with dunlin.

April 19, 2024tortuous

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