• large plover-like sandpiper of North American fields and uplands


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  • The upland sandpiper (Bartramia longicauda) is a large sandpiper, closely related to the curlews. Older names are the upland plover and Bartrams sandpiper. In Louisiana, it is also colloquially known as the papabotte. It is the only member of the genus Bartramia. The genus name and the old common name Bartrams sandpiper commemorate the American naturalist William Bartram. The species name longicauda is from Latin longus, long and caudus, tail. The name Bartrams sandpiper was made popular by Alexander Wilson, who was taught ornithology and natural history illustration by Bartram.

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