wading bird
Long-legged marsh dweller
A wading bird is any of various long-legged birds that feed by walking through shallow water—herons, egrets, storks, ibises, flamingos, and the like.
Their height lets them wade where shorter birds would have to swim: We spotted several wading birds in the marsh.
- long legsExtended lower limbs
- heronLong-legged waterside bird
- great blue heronLarge wading bird, North America
- ibisWading bird, curved bill
- storkLarge wading ciconiid
shoebill · egret · white plumage · shorebird · bittern · jabiru · insectivorous · wetlands · salt marsh · spoonbill · moorhen · jacana · stalking · godwit · crane · flamingo · avocet · marabou
- bird typessongbird, raptor, waterfowl, seabird, shorebird
- Evergladessawgrass, alligator, mangrove forest, Florida panther, cypress swamp
- Lowcountrysalt marsh, live oak, spartina, Spanish moss, tidal creek
- wetlandsswamp, swamps, marsh, marshes, marshland
- birdingbirding, birdwatcher, birder, binoculars, field guide
habitat zone
wading birdseabird
Ocean-dwelling winged creature
albatross · shearwater · petrel · frigatebird · storm petrel
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