Definition of Bartramia longicauda

1. Noun. Large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands.

Exact synonyms: Bartramian Sandpiper, Upland Plover, Upland Sandpiper
Generic synonyms: Sandpiper
Group relationships: Bartramia, Genus Bartramia

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bartramia Longicauda

Bartlett's tinamous
Bartletts
Bartok
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Bartolomeo Prignano
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
Bartolommeo Eustachio
Barton
Barton's bandage
Barton's forceps
Barton's fracture
Bartonella anaemia
Bartonella bacilliformis
Bartram Juneberry
Bartramia
Bartramia longicauda (current term)
Bartramian sandpiper
Barts
Bartter's syndrome
Baruch
Baruch's law
Baruch de Spinoza
Baruga
Baryshnikov
Barzunian
Baré
Bas-Rhin
Basaa
Basan
Basan's syndrome

Literary usage of Bartramia longicauda

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Birds of North and Middle America: A Descriptive Catalogue of the Higher by Robert Ridgway (1919)
"North America, migrating to South America. (Mono- typic.) BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA (Bechstein). UPLAND PLOVER. Adults in summer (sexes alike). ..."

2. Our Vanishing Wild Life: Its Extermination and Preservation by William Temple Hornaday (1913)
"Upland plover (Bartramia longicauda). Shorebirds are fond of other insect pests of forage and grain crops, including the army worm, which is known to be ..."

3. Bulletin by United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution (1919)
"Range.—North America, migrating to South America. (Mono- typic.) BARTRAMIA LONGICAUDA (Bechstein). UPLAND PLOVER. Adults in summer (sexes alike). ..."

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