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Noun: red-backed sandpiper
  1. Small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic regions and winters in southern United States or Mediterranean regions
    "red-backed sandpipers gathered in large numbers along the coastal wetlands during migration";
    - dunlin, Erolia alpina

Derived forms: red-backed sandpipers

Type of: sandpiper

Part of: Erolia, genus Erolia