aquatic bird

Other forms: aquatic birds

Definitions of aquatic bird

1. noun

   wading and swimming and diving birds of either fresh or salt water
   types:

   water bird, waterbird, waterfowl

   freshwater aquatic bird

   swan

   stately heavy-bodied aquatic bird with very long neck and usually white plumage as adult

   wader, wading bird

   any of many long-legged birds that wade in water in search of food

   gallinule, marsh hen, swamphen, water hen

   any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens

   sea bird, seabird, seafowl

   a bird that frequents coastal waters and the open ocean: gulls; pelicans; gannets; cormorants; albatrosses; petrels; etc.

   anseriform bird

   chiefly web-footed swimming birds

   coscoroba

   large white South American bird intermediate in some respects between ducks and swans

   cob

   adult male swan

   pen

   female swan

   cygnet

   a young swan

   Cygnus olor, mute swan

   soundless Eurasian swan; commonly domesticated

   Cygnus cygnus, whooper, whooper swan

   common Old World swan noted for its whooping call

   Cygnus columbianus, tundra swan

   swan that nests in tundra regions of the New and Old Worlds

   Cygnus buccinator, trumpeter, trumpeter swan

   large pure white wild swan of western North America having a sonorous cry

   Cygnus atratus, black swan

   large Australian swan having black plumage and a red bill

   screamer

   gooselike aquatic bird of South America having a harsh trumpeting call

   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

   grey 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 burmeisteri, chunga, 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

   Florida gallinule, Gallinula chloropus cachinnans

   North American dark bluish-grey gallinule

   Gallinula chloropus, moorhen

   black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes

   purple gallinule

   gallinules with showy purplish plumage

   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 crane-like bird of the forests 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

   coastal diving bird

   gull family; skimmer family; jaeger family; auk family

   auk

   black-and-white short-necked web-footed diving bird of northern seas

   puffin

   any of two genera of northern seabirds having short necks and brightly colored compressed bills

   gaviiform seabird

   seabirds of the order Gaviiformes

   podicipitiform seabird

   aquatic birds related to the loons

   pelecaniform seabird

   large fish-eating seabird with four-toed webbed feet

   sphenisciform seabird

   flightless cold-water seabirds: penguins

   oceanic bird, pelagic bird

   bird of the open seas

   type of:

   bird

   warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings