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Shorebird

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-025473

Birds that feed at the edge of shallow water, along mudflats, and in shallow wetlands. Typically, these birds feed on invertebrates and include such species as American avocet, black-necked stilt, curlews, plovers, phalaropes, sandpipers, yellowlegs, and sanderling.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-025473
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesUSGS Field Manual of Wildlife Disease Glossary at http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/appendices.pdf
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-025473",
  "term": "Shorebird",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Birds that feed at the edge of shallow water, along mudflats, and in shallow wetlands. Typically, these birds feed on invertebrates and include such species as American avocet, black-necked stilt, curlews, plovers, phalaropes, sandpipers, yellowlegs, and sanderling.",
  "references": [
    "USGS Field Manual of Wildlife Disease Glossary at http://www.nwhc.usgs.gov/publications/field_manual/appendices.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/shorebird/"
}

Record 25,473 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.