Wading Birds

Birds of North America

Herons, Egrets, Flamingos, Ibises, Night-Herons, Spoonbill & Stork

Ardeidae, Ciconiidae, Phoenicopteridae & Threskiornitidae

Lives, Habitats & Pictures of the Wading Birds


Greater Flamingos with White Ibises in a 
pond at Gatorland, on South Orange Blossom Trail, Orlando, Florida, USA

Wading birds and Florida wading birds are synonymous, for all the wading birds in North America can be found or have been seen in the state of Florida. These birds have a preference for marshes, swamps, mud flats and shallow bodies of water and Florida has all of this and more.

Below is a list of types of Waders, with pictures of some of them, these are Herons, Egrets, Flamingos, Ibises, Night-Herons, Spoonbill and Storks. All of these bird types can be seen among the wetlands or close to them.



Click on the bird names listed below to see pictures of Wading Birds of North America
Egrets

Egrets

Flamingos

Flamingos

Herons

Herons

Ibises

Ibises

Night-Herons

Night-Herons

Spoonbill

Spoonbill

Stork

Stork



Click on the bird names listed below to see pictures of Egrets, Herons, Flamingos, Ibises, Night-Herons, Spoonbill and Stork seen in North America
Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Great Egret

Reddish Egret

Reddish Egret

Reddish Egret "White"

Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

Snowy Egret

Flamingos

Flamingos

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron

Great Blue Heron "White"

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Green Heron

Little Blue Heron

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Tricolored Heron

Glossy Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Scarlet Ibis

Scarlet Ibis

White-faced Ibis

White-faced Ibis

White Ibis

White Ibis

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Spoonbill

Spoonbill

Stork

Wood Stork

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