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FLAMINGOS |
Wading birds |
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EGRETS |
Wading birds |
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IBISES |
Wading birds |
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SNIPES |
Wading birds |
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CRANES |
Large wading birds |
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STALKS |
Heard wading birds in shadows |
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FLAMINGOES |
Tall wading birds with pink or crimson plumage |
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TANTALUS |
A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises. |
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CULTIROSTRES |
A tribe of wading birds including the stork,
heron, crane, etc. |
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MACRODACTYL |
One of a group of wading birds (Macrodactyli) having
very long toes. |
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PALMIDACTYLES |
A group of wading birds having the toes webbed,
as the avocet. |
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VADANTES |
An extensive artificial group of birds including the
wading, swimming, and cursorial birds. |
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HERODIONES |
A division of wading birds, including the herons,
storks, and allied forms. Called also Herodii. |
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PRESSIROSTER |
One of a tribe of wading birds (Pressirostres)
including those which have a compressed beak, as the plovers. |
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JABIRU |
One of several large wading birds of the genera Mycteria
and Xenorhynchus, allied to the storks in form and habits. |
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WADER |
Any long-legged bird that wades in the water in search of
food, especially any species of limicoline or grallatorial birds; --
called also wading bird. See Illust. g, under Aves. |
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PHALAROPE |
Any species of Phalaropus and allied genera of small
wading birds (Grallae), having lobate toes. They are often seen far
from land, swimming in large flocks. Called also sea goose. |
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SPOONBILL |
Any one of several species of wading birds of the genera
Ajaja and Platalea, and allied genera, in which the long bill is
broadly expanded and flattened at the tip. |
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DESMOGNATHOUS |
...ied
to a group of carinate birds (Desmognathae), including various wading
and swimming birds, as the ducks and herons, and also raptorial and
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PALAMEDEAE |
... the Anseres, but they
externally resemble the wading birds. ... |
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IBIS |
...era, of the
family Ibidae, inhabiting both the Old World and the New. Numerous
species are known. They are large, wading birds, having a long, c... |
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GODWIT |
One of several species of long-billed, wading birds of the
genus Limosa, and family Tringidae. The European black-tailed godwit
(Limosa limosa)... |
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JACANA |
Any of several wading birds belonging to the genus Jacana
and several allied genera, all of which have spurs on the wings. They
are able to run... |
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LIMPKIN |
Either one of two species of wading birds of the genus
Aramus, intermediate between the cranes and rails. The limpkins are
remarkable for the g... |
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GALLINULE |
One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes,
and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are
remarkable for running... |