Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Shadbird \Shad"bird`\ (sh[a^]d"b[~e]rd), n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The American, or Wilson's, snipe. See under {Snipe}. So
       called because it appears at the same time as the shad.
   (b) The common European sandpiper. [Prov. Eng.]