red-backed sandpiper

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

red-backed sandpiper
    n 1: small common sandpiper that breeds in northern or Arctic
         regions and winters in southern United States or
         Mediterranean regions [syn: {red-backed sandpiper},
         {dunlin}, {Erolia alpina}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dunlin \Dun"lin\, n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. dun hill
   (E. dune), and linne pool, pond, lake, E. lin.] (Zool.)
   A species of sandpiper ({Tringa alpina}); -- called also
   {churr}, {dorbie}, {grass bird}, and {red-backed sandpiper}.
   It is found both in Europe and America.
   [1913 Webster]