limpkin
Florida marsh bird
A limpkin is a large wading bird of the American tropics and subtropics, brown with white streaks, named for its limping gait.
It feeds almost exclusively on apple snails, using its curved bill to extract them from their shells.
The limpkin's eerie, wailing cry is distinctive: We heard limpkins calling across the marsh at dawn.
Lifter or wader
- heronLong-legged waterside bird
- ibisWading bird, curved bill
- waderShallow-water walker
- shorebirdCoastal bird species
waterfowl · egret · bittern · rail · coot · snipe · ornithology · avian
Pole for elevated walking
- storkLarge wading ciconiid
- egretWhite wading bird
- ibisWading bird, curved bill
- spoonbillWader with flattened bill
heron · bittern · avocet · curlew · godwit · rail · flamingo · snipe
Shelled, slow-moving mollusk
- apple snailLarge freshwater aquarium mollusk
- musselEdible two-shelled mollusk
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
- probeThorough examination or tool
extraction · wading · shallow · freshwater · marsh · swamp · diet · feeding
Waterlogged land ecosystem
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- FloridaSoutheastern American peninsula state
- EvergladesFlorida's vast subtropical preserve
mangrove · freshwater · tropical · subtropical · Central America · South America · Caribbean · riverbank
Prolonged mournful cry
- screamLoud sharp cry
- cryVocal expression of emotion
- shriekShrill, piercing cry
- vocalizationProducing sounds with voice
clatter · yelp · piercing · eerie · mournful · lamenting · dawn chorus · territorial
crane
Lifter or wader
shorebird · waterfowl · egret · bittern · rail · coot · snipe · ornithology · avian · plumage
stilt
Pole for elevated walking
spoonbill · heron · bittern · avocet · curlew · godwit · rail · flamingo · snipe · long-legged
snail
Shelled, slow-moving mollusk
- apple snailLarge freshwater aquarium mollusk
- musselEdible two-shelled mollusk
- molluskSoft-bodied invertebrate, often shelled
probe · extraction · wading · shallow · freshwater · marsh · swamp · diet · feeding · crustacean
wetland
Waterlogged land ecosystem
- marshGrassy waterlogged lowland
- swampWaterlogged land with vegetation
- FloridaSoutheastern American peninsula state
Everglades · mangrove · freshwater · tropical · subtropical · Central America · South America · Caribbean · riverbank · lakeside
wail
Prolonged mournful cry
vocalization · clatter · yelp · piercing · eerie · mournful · lamenting · dawn chorus · territorial · mating call