Definitions for "Shorebirds"
birds that typically have long legs for wading in the mud and long pointed wings for migration. They include sandpipers, plovers, oystercatchers, snipes, and stilts, among others.
generally refers to small- to medium-sized birds that frequent coastal beaches and mudflats; includes the plovers and oystercatcher in this guide
Birds that live along the shore, such as egrets and blue herons