wading bird

Other forms: wading birds

Definitions of wading bird

1. noun

   any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food
   synonyms: wader

   types:

   stork

   large mostly Old World wading birds typically having white-and-black plumage

   Balaeniceps rex, shoebill, shoebird

   large stork-like bird of the valley of the White Nile with a broad bill suggesting a wooden shoe

   ibis

   wading birds of warm regions having long slender down-curved bills

   spoonbill

   wading birds having a long flat bill with a tip like a spoon

   flamingo

   large pink to scarlet web-footed wading bird with down-bent bill; inhabits brackish lakes

   heron

   grey or white wading bird with long neck and long legs and (usually) long bill

   crane

   large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

   Aramus guarauna, courlan

   wading bird of South America and Central America

   Aramus pictus, limpkin

   wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call

   Cariama cristata, crested cariama, seriema

   Brazilian Cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama

   Chunga burmeisteri, chunga, seriema

   Argentinian Cariama

   rail

   any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

   bustard

   large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes

   bustard quail, button quail, button-quail, hemipode

   small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and northern Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains

   ortygan

   any of several East Indian birds

   Pedionomus torquatus, plain wanderer

   small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains

   trumpeter

   large gregarious crane-like bird of the forests of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated

   limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird

   any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries

   Ciconia ciconia, white stork

   the common stork of Europe; white with black wing feathers and a red bill

   Ciconia nigra, black stork

   Old World stork that is glossy black above and white below

   Leptoptilus dubius, adjutant, adjutant bird, adjutant stork

   large Indian stork with a military gait

   Leptoptilus crumeniferus, marabou, marabou stork, marabout

   large African black-and-white carrion-eating stork; its downy underwing feathers are used to trim garments

   openbill

   stork with a grooved bill whose upper and lower parts touch only at the base and tip

   Jabiru mycteria, jabiru

   large white stork of warm regions of the world especially America

   Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis, jabiru, saddlebill

   large black-and-white stork of tropical Africa; its red bill has a black band around the middle

   Xenorhyncus asiaticus, black-necked stork, jabiru, policeman bird

   large mostly white Australian stork

   Mycteria americana, flinthead, wood ibis, wood stork

   an American stork that resembles the true ibises in having a downward-curved bill; inhabits wooded swamps of New World tropics

   Ibis ibis, wood ibis, wood stork

   any of several Old World birds of the genus Ibis

   Threskiornis aethiopica, sacred ibis

   African ibis venerated by ancient Egyptians

   Platalea leucorodia, common spoonbill

   pure white crested spoonbill of southern Eurasia and northeastern Africa

   Ajaia ajaja, roseate spoonbill

   tropical rose-colored New World spoonbill

   Ardea herodius, great blue heron

   large American heron having bluish-grey plumage

   Ardea occidentalis, great white heron

   large white heron of Florida and the Florida Keys

   egret

   any of various usually white herons having long plumes during breeding season

   Egretta caerulea, little blue heron

   small bluish-grey heron of the western hemisphere

   night heron, night raven

   nocturnal or crepuscular herons

   Cochlearius cochlearius, boat-billed heron, boatbill, broadbill

   tropical American heron related to night herons

   bittern

   relatively small compact tawny-brown heron with nocturnal habits and a booming cry; found in marshes

   Grus americana, whooper, whooping crane

   rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call

   maori hen, weka, wood hen

   flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting

   crake

   any of several short-billed Old World rails

   Notornis mantelli, notornis, takahe

   flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules

   coot

   slate-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks

   Otis tarda, great bustard

   largest European land bird

   Choriotis australis, plain turkey

   popular Australian game bird

   Turnix sylvatica, striped button quail

   a variety of button quail having stripes

   Brazilian trumpeter, Psophia crepitans

   trumpeter of Brazil and Guiana; often kept to protect poultry in Brazil

   plover

   any of numerous chiefly shorebirds of relatively compact build having straight bills and large pointed wings; closely related to the sandpipers

   sandpiper

   any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers

   Aphriza virgata, surfbird

   sandpiper-like shorebird of Pacific coasts of North America and South America

   woodcock

   game bird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe

   snipe

   Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family; of marshy areas; similar to the woodcocks

   curlew

   large migratory shorebirds of the sandpiper family; closely related to woodcocks but having a down-curved bill

   godwit

   large wading bird that resembles a curlew; has a long slightly upturned bill

   Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird

   long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

   Australian stilt, stilt

   long-legged three-toed wading bird of brackish marshes of Australia

   avocet

   long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

   oyster catcher, oystercatcher

   black-and-white shorebird with stout legs and bill; feed on oysters etc.

   phalarope

   small sandpiper-like shorebird having lobate toes and being good swimmers; breed in the Arctic and winter in the tropics

   glareole, pratincole

   Old World shorebird with long pointed wings and short legs; closely related to the coursers

   courser

   swift-footed terrestrial plover-like bird of southern Asia and Africa; related to the pratincoles

   Burhinus oedicnemus, stone curlew, thick-knee

   large-headed large-eyed crepuscular or nocturnal shorebird of the Old World and tropical America having a thickened knee joint

   type of:

   aquatic bird

   wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water