Is there any sort of animal called piper?
I came across the following passage in a book I'm reading:
"The damp sand revealed prints of crabs, herons, and pipers, but no humans."

When I googled "piper", all that I've got were people playing pipes... so, if that's an animal, what animal is that?

Question

Is there any sort of animal called piper?
I came across the following passage in a book I'm reading:
"The damp sand revealed prints of crabs, herons, and pipers, but no humans."

When I googled "piper", all that I've got were people playing pipes... so, if that's an animal, what animal is that?

Answer

sandpiper, it is a specific bird, but the term sandpiper or piper covers a whole family of birds like snipe, generally low tide feeders on small crustacians

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Sometimes switching to a google image search can help for things like this...

Answer

Google "sand piper" it's a bird.

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