Sandpiper vs. Killdeer

Sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe.

The killdeer (Charadrius vociferus) is a large plover found in the Americas. It was described and given its current scientific name in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae.

Any of various small shorebirds of the family Scolopacidae, usually having a long straight sensitive bill used to pick up insects, worms, and soft mollusks in mud and sand.

A New World plover (Charadrius vociferus) that has a distinctive noisy cry and two black bands across its breast.

Any of various small wading birds of the family Scolopacidae.

American plover of inland waters and fields having a distinctive cry

Any one of numerous species of small limicoline game birds belonging to Tringa, Actodromas, Ereunetes, and various allied genera of the family Tringidæ.

A North American plover (Charadrius vociferus) with a distinctive cry and territorial behavior that includes feigning injury to distract interlopers from the nest.

A small lamprey eel; the pride.

any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers