How to sign: any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
Categories: limicoline bird, shorebird, shore bird
Within this category: curlew sandpiper, European sandpiper, greenshank, knot, least sandpiper, pectoral sandpiper, red-backed sandpiper, redshank, ruff, sanderling, spotted sandpiper, tattler, upland sandpiper, yellowlegs