Bartram's sandpiper

English Etymology Named for American naturalist William Bartram. See also en sandpiper. Noun en archaic The upland sandpiper, Bartramia longicauda species, a bird native to the Americas. en 1896 Henry Seebohm; Richard Bowdler Sharpe Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds 134 Eight examples of Bartram's Sandpiper have been obtained in Britain. The species inhabits temperate North America. https://books.google.com/books?id=AOdaAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA134 en 2010 Mary Elizabeth Salzmann Albatross to Zebra Finch: Birds from A to Z 24 Guess what? Upland sandpipers are also sometimes called upland plovers or Bartram's sandpipers. https://books.google.com/books?id=8ih4AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT25 References en eponyms en Scolopacids