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Definition: PURPLE SANDPIPER |
PURPLE SANDPIPER1. See under Sandpiper . |
Crosswords: PURPLE SANDPIPER |
| English words defined with "PURPLE SANDPIPER": Rock snipe ♦ Sea sandpiper. (references) |
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| Calidris maritima |
The Purple Sandpiper, Calidris maritima is a small shorebird.
Adults have short yellow legs and a medium thin dark bill with a yellow base. The body is dark on top with a slight purplish gloss and mainly white underneath. The breast is smeared with grey and the rump is black.
Their breeding habitat is the northern tundra on Arctic islands in Canada and coastal areas in Greenland and northwestern Europe. They nest on the ground either elevated on rocks or in lower damp location. The male takes the major responsibility for incubation and tends the chicks.
They are late migrants and move to rocky ice-free Atlantic coasts in winter. most go no further south than North Carolina and northern Portugal. They are fairly gregarious, forming small flocks, often with Ruddy Turnstones. This species is tame and approachable.
These birds forage on rocky coasts, picking up food by sight. They mainly eat insects and mollusks, also some plant material.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Purple Sandpiper."
| Language | Translations for "PURPLE SANDPIPER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Greek | βραχοσκαλίδρα. (various references) | ||||
Manx | looyran marrey, looyran gorrym. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | urplepay andpipersay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-l-n-p-p-p-p-r-r-s-u" | |
-5 letters: launderers, pineapples, plunderers, resupplied, superliner, superplane, unprepared. | |
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