whimbrel in English
noun
1
a small migratory curlew of northern Eurasia and northern Canada, with a striped crown and a trilling call.
There were 29 Hudsonian godwits, several whimbrels , 2 dunlins, greater shearwaters and black tern.
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1. Compare to smaller Whimbrel, which has head stripes, a piping whistled call, and Far Eastern Curlew, which has a buffy rump and extensively marked underwings