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.

Below is a list of each bird type and the number of species in each bird family that are more likely to be regarded as Waders. Images of some of these birds can be seen further down;

#	Bird Name	#	Bird Name
5	Egrets	1	Flamingo
4	Herons	4	Ibises
2	Night-Herons	1	Spoonbill
1	Stork

Click on the bird names listed below to see pictures of Wading Birds of North America
Egrets	Flamingos	Herons	Ibises
Night-Herons	Spoonbill	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	Great Egret	Reddish Egret	Snowy Egret
American Flamingo	Great Blue Heron	Green Heron	Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron	Glossy Ibis	Scarlet Ibis	White-faced Ibis
White Ibis	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Spoonbill
Stork