シギ

noun

sandpiper; snipe; shorebird (family Scolopacidae)

Refers to any bird in the sandpiper family, including curlews, godwits, snipes, and woodcocks. In everyday Japanese, シギ is the usual written form.

• 海かい岸がんでシギが餌えさをついばんでいた。

  A sandpiper was pecking for food on the shore.

• シギの仲なか間まには、タシギやヤマシギなどがいる。

  Among the sandpiper family are species like the common snipe and the Eurasian woodcock.