aquatic bird - wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water

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 - gray 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, Chunga burmeisteri, 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 forest-dwelling cranelike bird 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