any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers
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The most common migrants are the waders of the sandpiper family, but they also include other birds ranging in size from herons to shrikes. 最常见的候鸟是鹬鸟家族里的涉禽,但也包括大到鹭小至伯劳的其他鸟类。