a small bird with long legs and a long beak that lives near rivers and lakesTopics Birdsc2 Want to learn more? Find out which words work together and produce more natural-sounding English with the Oxford Collocations Dictionary app. Try it for free as part of the Oxford Advanced Learne...
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These birds are small waders, only slightly larger than Dunlin at 19.5"?21 cm in length, but differ from Dunlin in having a longer down-curved bill, longer neck and legs and a white rump. The breeding adult has patterned dark grey upperparts and brick-red underparts. In winter, this ...