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Wading birds

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). They are birds One of the six major ecological groups. They often stand on one foot when resting and mostly obtain food from the bottom of the water, mud or the ground. Including cranes, storks, ibises, bustards, spoonbills, etc.

Limicola falcinellus

Limicola falcinellus

Limicola falcinellus,Broad-billed Sandpiper

The Broad-billed Sandpiper has two subspecies.The broad-billed snipe is main···

Eurynorhynchus pygmeus

Eurynorhynchus pygmeus

Eurynorhynchus pygmeus,Broad-billed Sandpiper,Spoon-billed snipe. Spoon-billed snipe

Spoon-billed Sandpiper is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The snipe i···

Calidris tenuirostris

Calidris tenuirostris

Calidris tenuirostris,Great Knot

The Great Knot is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The giant Sandpiper···

Arenaria interpres

Arenaria interpres

Arenaria interpres,Ruddy Turnstone, Turnstone,Red turncock, brown turncock

The foreign name Ruddy Turnstone, no subspecies.The turnstone snipe is a tra···

Tringa guttifer

Tringa guttifer

Tringa guttifer,Spotted Greenshank,Nordmann's GreenshankNordstrom's Snipe

Spotted Greenshank is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The little gree···

Numenius madagascariensis

Numenius madagascariensis

Numenius madagascariensis,Far Eastern Curlew,Redback Snipe, Redback Snipe, 黦 Snipe, Hausen

The foreign name is Far Eastern Curlew, and there are no subspecies.Curlews ···

Numenius minutus

Numenius minutus

Numenius minutus,Little Curlew,Little old oil can

Little Curlew is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The curlew usually m···

Limnodromus semipalmatus

Limnodromus semipalmatus

Limnodromus semipalmatus,Asian Dowitcher, Asiatic Dowitcher,Limnodrome semipalmé

The semi-webbed snipe (ban p Giryu), also known as Asian Dowitcher, is a sma···

Gallinago nemoricola

Gallinago nemoricola

Gallinago nemoricola,Wood Snipe

Wood Snipe, small wading bird, no subspecies.It is timid and withdrawn, ofte···

Metopidius indicus

Metopidius indicus

Metopidius indicus,Bronze-winged Jacana

Bronze-winged Jacana is a small wading bird with no subspecies.Copper-winged···

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Hydrophasianus chirurgus

Hydrophasianus chirurgus,Pheasant-tailed Jacana,Pheasant-tailed pheasant-tailed pheasant

Pheasant-tailed Jacana is a small to medium sized bird with no subspecies.Wa···

Vanellus gregarius

Vanellus gregarius

Vanellus gregarius,Sociable Lapwing, Sociable Plover,Vanneau sociable,Chettusia gregaria ssp. gregaria,lar and Andrew,Chettusia gregaria ssp. gregaria,amp and Simmons,Long legged lapis

The Sociable Lapwingm is a medium-sized wading bird.Yellow-cheeked laphens a···

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

Ibidorhyncha struthersii

Ibidorhyncha struthersii,Ibisbill

Ibisbill is a gray, black and white sandpiper with no subspecies.Ibisbill is···

Esacus magnirostris

Esacus magnirostris

Esacus magnirostris,Great Thick-knee

Great Thick-knee is a medium-sized wading bird with no subspecies.Great Thic···

Grus antigone

Grus antigone

Grus antigone,Sarus Crane

Sarus Crane is a large wading bird with three subspecies.Sarus Crane often m···

Grus vipio

Grus vipio

Grus vipio,White-naped Crane, red-faced crane, white-crowned crane, native crane

White-naped Crane is a large wading bird with no subspecies.White-naped Cran···

Porphyrio porphyrio

Porphyrio porphyrio

Porphyrio porphyrio,Purple Swamphen, Purple Gallinule, Purple Swamp-Hen,Poule sultane

Purple moorhen is called pukeko in foreign language. It is a medium-sized wa···

Grus canadensis

Grus canadensis

Grus canadensis,Brown Crane, Canada Crane

Sandhill Crane is a large wading bird with the largest number of cranes in t···

Grus leucogeranus

Grus leucogeranus

Grus leucogeranus,Siberian Crane ,Siberian White Crane, Snow Crane,Siberian Crane, Nun Crane, Snow Crane

The Siberian Crane is a large wading bird. Although it is divided into three···

Porzana paykullii

Porzana paykullii

Porzana paykullii,Band-bellied Crake

Band-bellied Crake, whose foreign name is Band-bellied Crake, is a small wad···

Zapornia parva

Zapornia parva

Zapornia parva,Porzana parva,Little Crake

Little Crake is a small wading bird with no subspecies.The frog often moves ···