waterhen
Wetland wading fowl
A waterhen is a freshwater bird of the rail family, especially the common moorhen—a dark, chicken-sized bird with a red bill that swims and walks along pond edges.
The name reflects both its habitat and its resemblance to domestic fowl: Waterhens picked through the reeds at the lake's margin.
Aquatic rail family bird
- cootLobed-foot marsh bird
- railHorizontal support bar
- swamphenLarge wetland rail
- crakeSmall secretive marsh bird
avian · plumage · feathers · beak · fowl · wader · nesting · ornithology
gallinule
Aquatic rail family bird
crake · avian · plumage · feathers · beak · fowl · wader · nesting · ornithology · insectivorous
marsh
Grassy waterlogged lowland
fen · pond · lagoon · billabong · sedge · rushes · cattail · waterway · creek · backwater
skulking
Moving furtively, covertly
wading · bobbing · foraging · territorial · nesting · brooding · diving · preening · scurrying · camouflage
waterhenroadrunner
Fast terrestrial cuckoo
sandgrouse · ostrich · emu · prairie chicken · grouse