Bartramia longicauda ba kalma ba ce ta Ingilishi ko kalma ba, sai dai sunan kimiyya ga nau'in tsuntsaye da aka sani da Upland Sandpiper. Tsuntsun bakin teku ne mai matsakaicin girman da ake samu a budadden ciyayi da filaye a Arewa da Kudancin Amurka. Sunan Bartramia longicauda ya fito ne daga jinsin Bartramia, wanda aka radawa sunan Ba'amurke masanin halitta William Bartram, da kuma longicauda, wanda ke nufin "dogon wutsiya" a cikin Latin, yana kwatanta gashin tsuntsun da ya bambanta gashin wutsiya.