Other Wading Birds
Wading Birds
Wading birds are found both in fresh and saltwater throughout the world on every continent except Antarctica. They are even found in urban and suburban areas such as along ponds, man-made swamps etc because most wader species prefer wet habitats
Wading birds can be distinguished by their physical characteristics and their eating behaviors.
Most waders in this category have thin bills and defined shape depending on the types of food they consume.
In addition to physical characteristics, wading birds share a variety of behavioral traits that help identify the bird family.
SlNo | Bird Name | Family Name | Record Location and Status | Preview |
3 | Pied Avocet | Avocet | Sultanpur Fields, Haryana | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Pied Avocet_8371_resize.JPG) |
117 | Common Coot | Coot | Bharatpur, Okhla, South India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/CommonCoot_resize.JPG) |
118 | Great Cormorant | Cormorant | Almost Entire India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Great Cormorant_9991_resize.JPG) |
119 | Indian Cormorant | Cormorant | Almost Entire India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Cormorant_30112014_1_resize.JPG) |
120 | Little Cormorant | Cormorant | Almost Entire India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Cormorant1_resize.JPG) |
121 | Pygmy Cormorant | Cormorant | | |
126 | Cream coloured Courser | Courser | | |
127 | Indian Courser | Courser | | |
128 | Jerdon's Courser | Courser | | |
130 | Andaman Crake | Crake | | |
131 | Baillon's Crake | Crake | | |
132 | Black tailed Crake | Crake | | |
133 | Brown Crake | Crake | | |
134 | Corn Crake | Crake | Not Resident, a Rare or accidental Visitor | |
135 | Little Crake | Crake | | |
136 | Red legged Crake | Crake | | |
137 | Ruddy breasted Crake | Crake | | |
138 | Slaty legged Crake | Crake | | |
139 | Spotted Crake | Crake | | |
169 | Eastern Curlew | Curlew | | |
170 | Eurasian Curlew | Curlew | | |
171 | Slender billed Curlew | Curlew | Not Recorded in India | |
173 | Darter | Darter | Almost Entire India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Darter_4769_resize.JPG) |
188 | Asian Dowitcher | Dowitcher | | |
189 | Long billed Dowitcher | Dowitcher | Not Resident, a Rare or accidental Visitor | |
265 | Masked Finfoot | Finfoot | Not Recorded in India | |
344 | Bar tailed Godwit | Godwit | | |
345 | Black tailed Godwit | Godwit | Sultanpur Fields | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Godwit_8384_resize.JPG) |
370 | Common Greenshank | Greenshank | | |
371 | Nordmann's Greenshank | Greenshank | | |
433 | Bronze winged Jacana | Jacana | Bharatpur | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Bronze winged Jacana_5491_resize.JPG) |
434 | Pheasant tailed Jacana | Jacana | Bharatpur | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Pheasant-tailed Jacana_8413_resize.JPG) |
568 | Common Moorhen | Moorhen | Entire North India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/IMG_0968_resize.JPG) |
768 | Collard Pratincole | Pratincole | | |
769 | Oriental Pratincole | Pratincole | | |
770 | Small Pratincole | Pratincole | | |
792 | Slaty breasted Rail | Rail | | |
793 | Water Rail | Rail | | |
796 | Common Redshank | Redshank | Sultanpur Fields | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Common Redshank_8360_resize.JPG) |
797 | Spotted Redshank | Redshank | Okhla | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Spotted Redshank_2888_resize.JPG) |
844 | Ruff | Ruff | Bharatpur, Sultanpur | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Ruff_1040_resize.JPG) |
855 | Broad billed Sandpiper | Sandpiper | | |
856 | Buff breasted Sandpiper | Sandpiper | | |
857 | Common Sandpiper | Sandpiper | All India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Common Sandpiper_6181_resize.JPG) |
858 | Curlew Sandpiper | Sandpiper | 0 | |
859 | Marsh Sandpiper | Sandpiper | Bharatpur, West Central and South India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Marsh Sandpiper_2584_resize.JPG) |
860 | Pectoral Sandpiper | Sandpiper | | |
861 | Sharp tailed Sandpiper | Sandpiper | | |
862 | Spoon billed Sandpiper | Sandpiper | | |
863 | Terek Sandpiper | Sandpiper | | |
864 | Green Sandpiper | Sandpiper | 0 | |
865 | White rumped Sandpiper | Sandpiper | | |
866 | Wood Sandpiper | Sandpiper | Entire North India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Sandpiper_resize.JPG) |
914 | Common Snipe | Snipe | Sultanpur | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Common Snipe_6042_resize.JPG) |
915 | Great Snipe | Snipe | Not Resident, a Rare or accidental Visitor | |
916 | Greater painted Snipe | Snipe | | |
917 | Jack Snipe | Snipe | | |
918 | Pintail Snipe | Snipe | | |
919 | Solitary Snipe | Snipe | | |
920 | Swinhoe's Snipe | Snipe | | |
921 | Wood Snipe | Snipe | | |
960 | Black winged Stilt | Stilt | Entire North India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/BlackWinged_Stilt_5229_resize.JPG) |
998 | Purple Swamphen | Swamphen | Entire North India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/Swamphen_7782_resize.JPG) |
1207 | White breasted Waterhen | Waterhen | Entire North India | ![](https://singhabhi.in/wp-content/uploads/Selected/IMG_9080_resize.JPG) |
1231 | Eurasian Woodcock | Woodcock | Not Recorded in India | |
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