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Definition of Tringa alpina

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

Meaning of Tringa alpina from wikipedia

- in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Tringa alpina. Linnaeus specified the location as Lapland. This species was formerly...
- Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by the Italian...
- The marsh sandpiper (Tringa stagnatilis) is a small wader. It is a rather small shank, and breeds in open gr****y steppe and taiga wetlands from easternmost...
- sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) is a small wader (s****bird) of the Old World. The green sandpiper represents an ancient lineage of the genus Tringa; its only...
- The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa tot****) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. The common redshank was formally described...
- (Tringa brevipes, formerly Heteroscelus brevipes), also known as the Siberian tattler or Polynesian tattler, is a small s****bird in the genus Tringa....
- The solitary sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) is a small s****bird. The genus name Tringa is the Neo-Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus...
- The wood sandpiper (Tringa glareola) is a small wader belonging to the sandpiper family Scolopacidae. A Eurasian species, it is the smallest of the shanks...
- The greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) is a large s****bird in the family Scolopacidae. It breeds in central Canada and southern Alaska and winters...
- The lesser yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes) is a medium-sized s****bird. It breeds in the boreal forest region of North America. The lesser yellowlegs was...