Wading birds are one of the six major ecological groups of birds, including Craniformes, Storks, Flamingos and Ploveriformes. They refer to those birds that are adapted to living near water (all are wetland waterbirds). Including cranes, storks, ibises, bustards, spoonbills, etc.
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Grus japonensis,Red-crowned Crane, Japanese Crane, Manchurian Crane,Crane, Red-crowned Crane, White Crane, Mantilla
The red-crowned crane is a large wading bird with a bright red head and distinct black and white bodies. It has very dis···
Grus grus,Common Crane,Thousand-year-old crane, black crane, sweet potato crane
Grey cranes are large wading birds with obvious identification characteristics in the wild. They have very long necks an···
Grus monacha,Hooded Crane,Pot Crane, Black Crane, Nun Crane
The white-headed crane is a large wading bird with a long neck, beak, and legs. It is gentle, alert, and timid. It has a···
Grus nigricollis,Black-necked Crane, Tibetan Crane, Grulla Cuellinegra,,Tibetan crane, wild goose, black goose, dry goose
Black-necked cranes are large flying wading birds. Except for the breeding season, they often move in pairs, individuals···
Porphyrio indicus,Black-backed Swamphen,Rodhoue Purple Swamphen, Reunion White Dodo
Purple moorhen is a bird of the family Raccoon of the order Gruiformes. It is purple in color and lives by the water all···
Numenius arquata,Eurasian Curlew,Curlew
There are two subspecies, Eurasian Curlew.It is a summer migratory bird in northeastern Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and···
