"Whistler" is a word in ENGLISH

The black-bellied plover, or bullhead (Squatarola helvetica). See Plover.

The golden plover.

The black-bellied plover (Squatarola helvetica); -- called also beetlehead.

A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.

A European bird of the Plover family (Eudromias, / Charadrius, morinellus). It is tame and easily taken, and is popularly …

The crab plover (Dromas ardeola), a peculiar North African bird, allied to the oyster catcher.

The ring plover.

The golden plover.

An order of birds which formerly included all the waders. By later writers it is usually restricted to the sandpipers, …

A European sandpiper or snipe (Totanus canescens); -- called also greater plover.

A small American plover (Aegialitis vocifera).

A small European bird of the Plover family (Vanellus cristatus, or V. vanellus). It has long and broad wings, and …

A group of shore birds, embracing the plovers, sandpipers, snipe, curlew, etc. ; the Grallae.

The upland plover.

Any grallatorial bird allied to, or resembling, the true plovers, as the crab plover (Dromas ardeola); the American upland, plover …

Any one of numerous species of limicoline birds belonging to the family Charadridae, and especially those belonging to the subfamily …

Any bird of the Old World genus Glareola, or family Glareolidae, allied to the plovers. They have long, pointed wings …

One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres) including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers.

The upland plover.

The ringed dotterel, or ring plover.