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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.

Zapornia bicolor

Zapornia bicolor

Zapornia bicolor,Black-tailed Crake,Amaurornis bicolor,Porzana bicolor,Black-tailed bittern

The brown-backed frog is called Black-tailed Crake in foreign language, and ···

Crex crex

Crex crex

Crex crex,Corncrake, Corn Crake

The foreign name of the long-legged rail is Corncrake, Corn Crake, which is ···

Coturnicops exquisitus

Coturnicops exquisitus

Coturnicops exquisitus,Swinhoes Yellow Rail

The foreign name of the Swinhoes Yellow Rail is Swinhoes Yellow Rail, and th···

Tetrax tetrax

Tetrax tetrax

Tetrax tetrax, Little Bustard,Outarde canepetière, Sisón,Ground

Little Bustard, also known as Little Bustard in English, is a large bird of ···

Chlamydotis macqueeni

Chlamydotis macqueeni

Spotted Bustard、Chlamydotis macqueeni,Macqueen's Bustard

Houbara Bustard, also known as Macqueen's Bustard, has no subspecies. A ···

Otis tarda

Otis tarda

Otis tarda,Great Bustard,Avutarda, Avutarda Común,Додук, Մեծ արոս, Дуадақ,Ground quail, old brocade, lone leopard, wild goose

The Great Bustard has two subspecies, both of which are distributed in China···

Anthropoides virgo

Anthropoides virgo

Anthropoides virgo,Demoiselle Crane,Lady Crane

The Demoiselle Crane is the smallest crane. It is blue-gray in color, with b···

Grus japonensis

Grus japonensis

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 dist···

Grus grus

Grus grus

Grus grus,Common Crane,Thousand-year-old crane, black crane, sweet potato crane

Grey cranes are large wading birds with obvious identification characteristi···

Grus monacha

Grus monacha

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 le···

Grus nigricollis

Grus nigricollis

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 s···

Porphyrio indicus

Porphyrio indicus

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 i···

Numenius arquata

Numenius arquata

Numenius arquata,Eurasian Curlew,Curlew

There are two subspecies, Eurasian Curlew.It is a summer migratory bird in n···