Geese and ducks are just two types of water birds, which include seabirds, shorebirds, waterfowl, and numerous other forms of birds.Video of gulls, ducks, and swans feeding on the Danube River in Vienna (2014)
A water bird, alternatively waterbird or aquatic bird, is a bird that lives on or around water. In some definitions, the term water bird is especially applied to birds in freshwater ecosystems, although others make no distinction from seabirds that inhabit marine environments. Some water birds (e.g. wading birds) are more terrestrial while others (e.g. waterfowls) are more aquatic, and their adaptations will vary depending on their environment. These adaptations include webbed feet, beaks, and legs adapted to feed in the water, and the ability to dive from the surface or the air to catch prey in water.
The term aquatic bird is sometimes also used in this context. A related term that has a narrower meaning is waterfowl. Some piscivorous birds of prey, such as ospreys and sea eagles, hunt aquatic prey but do not stay in water for long and live predominantly over dry land, and are not considered water birds. The term waterbird is also used in the context of conservation to refer to any birds that inhabit or depend on bodies of water or wetland areas. Examples of this use include the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds (AEWA) and the Wallnau Waterbird Reserve.
A yellow-billed loon, a diving bird in the order Gaviiformes, swimming on a lake in the northern area of Alaska, United States
A waterbird, alternatively waterbird or aquatic bird, is a bird that lives on or around water. In some definitions, the term waterbird is especially...
Drinking birds, also known as insatiable birdies, dunking birds, drinky birds, waterbirds, or dipping birds are toy heat engines that mimic the motions...
gland. Birds also bathe in water or dust themselves. While some birds dip into shallow water, more aerial species may make aerial dips into water and arboreal...
WaterBirds is a 1952 American short documentary film directed by Ben Sharpsteen. In 1953, it won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel) at the 25th...
waters. The original ancestor of cormorants seems to have been a fresh-waterbird.[citation needed] They range around the world, except for the central...
The Lakes WaterBird, sometimes known as the Avro Curtiss-type, is remembered as the first consistently successful British seaplane, developed by the Windermere-based...
aquatic birds, and may be found in both fresh water and sea water. Ducks are sometimes confused with several types of unrelated waterbirds with similar...
designated as a protected Ramsar site since 2022. Vedanthangal is the oldest waterbird sanctuary in the country. Vedanthangal in Tamil language means 'hamlet...
anhinga), sometimes called snakebird, darter, American darter, or water turkey, is a waterbird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word anhinga comes...
waterways. It is an excellent swimmer and hunts fish, frogs, invertebrates, waterbirds, and other types of aquatic and amphibious prey. Due to its apparently...
contact lens in many aquatic birds when they are under water. When sleeping, the lower eyelid rises to cover the eye in most birds, with the exception of the...
a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land...
(Stock symbol: BBL) Benthic boundary layer, the layer of water at the bottom of a body of waterBird Banding Laboratory Brazilian butt lift, a form of buttock...
British Birds is a natural history book by Thomas Bewick, published in two volumes. Volume 1, Land Birds, appeared in 1797. Volume 2, WaterBirds, appeared...
Coots are medium-sized waterbirds that are members of the rail family, Rallidae. They constitute the genus Fulica, the name being the Latin term for...
The Anatidae are the biological family of waterbirds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on...
compounds present in the water. Also known as bird balls, they were developed initially to prevent birds from landing on bodies of water. Shade balls were originally...
the freshwater swamp, ideal for water-fowl and resident waterbirds. Arrangement to pump water from deep tube wells to fill small depressions to save seeds...
A bird bath (or birdbath) is an artificial puddle or small shallow pond, created with a water-filled basin, in which birds may drink, bathe, and cool themselves...
flotation bags that kept them on the surface in the event of a ditching. The "waterbird" emergency landing is a technique developed by the Canadian Forces to...
trapping them in one area, producing food and a habitat for various water-birds. They can also flood various ecosystems on land and may cause extinctions...
the Anglian WaterBird Watching Centre. Every August, the centre was the venue for the British Birdwatching Fair until 2019. Other birds found here include...
crested grebe (Podiceps cristatus) is a member of the grebe family of waterbirds. The bird is characterised by its distinctive appearance, featuring striking...
ruficollis), also known as dabchick, is a member of the grebe family of waterbirds. The genus name is from Ancient Greek takhus "fast" and bapto "to sink...
Swans are birds of the genus Cygnus within the family Anatidae. The swans' closest relatives include the geese and ducks. Swans are grouped with the closely...
(/iːkwɔːrˈnɪθiːz/, from Latin aequor, expanse of water + Greek ornithes, birds), or core waterbirds, are defined as "the least inclusive clade containing...
Moorhens—sometimes called marsh hens—are medium-sized waterbirds that are members of the rail family (Rallidae). Most species are placed in the genus...
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