#order_Gruiformes__Gruiformes inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards
supertype: #animal_order the order of animals
member of: #class_Aves
member: #family_Gruidae__Gruidae cranes
member: #crane large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world
member: #genus_Grus__Grus type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes
member: #whooping_crane__whooper__Grus_americana rare North American crane having black-and-white plumage and a trumpeting call
member: #genus_Aramus__Aramus genus of large brown long-billed wading birds found in warm swampy regions of the Western Hemisphere: courlan; limpkin
member: #courlan__Aramus_guarauna wading bird of South and Central America
member: #limpkin__Aramus_pictus wading bird of Florida, Cuba and Jamaica having a drooping bill and a distinctive wailing call
member: #family_Cariamidae__Cariamidae cranelike South American wading birds
member: #genus_Cariama__Cariama type genus of the Cariamidae comprising only the crested cariama
member: #crested_cariama__crestedcariama__seriema__Cariama_cristata Brazilian cariama; sole representative of the genus Cariama
member: #genus_Chunga a genus of Cariamidae
member: #chunga__seriema__Chunga_burmeisteri Argentinian cariama
member: #family_Rallidae__Rallidae rails; crakes; gallinules; coots
member: #rail.wading_bird any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud
member: #genus_Gallirallus__Gallirallus rails of New Zealand
member: #weka__maori_hen__maorihen__wood_hen flightless New Zealand rail of thievish disposition having short wings each with a spur used in fighting
member: #genus_Crex__Crex corncrakes
member: #corncrake__land_rail__Crex_crex common Eurasian rail that frequents grain fields
member: #genus_Porzana__Porzana spotted crakes
member: #spotted_crake__spottedcrake__Porzana_porzana Eurasian rail of swamps and marshes
member: #genus_Gallinula__Gallinula gallinules
member: #gallinule__marsh_hen__marshhen__water_hen__waterhen__swamphen any of various small aquatic birds of the genus Gallinula distinguished from rails by a frontal shield and a resemblance to domestic hens
member: #Florida_gallinule__Gallinula_chloropus_cachinnans North American dark bluish-gray gallinule
member: #Gallinula_chloropus__moorhen black gallinule that inhabits ponds and lakes
member: #genus_Porphyrio__Porphyrio Old World purple gallinules
member: #genus_Porphyrula__Porphyrula American purple gallinules
member: #American_gallinule__Porphyrula_martinica American purple gallinule
member: #genus_Notornis a genus of Rallidae
member: #notornis__takahe__Notornis_mantelli flightless New Zealand birds similar to gallinules
member: #genus_Fulica__Fulica coots
member: #coot slaty-black slow-flying birds somewhat resembling ducks
member: #American_coot__marsh_hen__marshhen__mud_hen__mudhen__water_hen__waterhen__Fulica_americana North American coot
member: #Old_World_coot__Fulica_atra Eurasian coot
member: #suborder_Otides__Otides terrestrial game birds of the Old World and Australia: bustards
member: #family_Otididae__Otididae bustards
member: #bustard large heavy-bodied chiefly terrestrial game bird capable of powerful swift flight; classified with wading birds but frequents grassy steppes
member: #genus_Otis__Otis type genus of the Otididae: European bustard
member: #great_bustard__greatbustard__Otis_tarda largest European land bird
member: #genus_Choriotis__Choriotis Australian bustard
member: #plain_turkey__plainturkey__Choriotis_australis popular Australian game bird
member: #family_Turnicidae__Turnicidae small Old World birds resembling but not related to true quail
member: #genus_Turnix__Turnix type genus of the Turnicidae: button quail
member: #button_quail__bustard_quail__bustardquail__hemipode small quail-like terrestrial bird of southern Eurasia and North Africa that lacks a hind toe; classified with wading birds but inhabits grassy plains
member: #ortygan any of several East Indian birds
member: #genus_Pedionomus__Pedionomus plain wanderer
member: #plain_wanderer__plainwanderer__pedionomustorquatu small Australian bird related to the button quail; classified as wading bird but inhabits plains
member: #family_Psophiidae__Psophiidae trumpeters
member: #genus_Psophia__Psophia type genus of the Psophiidae: trumpeters
member: #trumpeter large gregarious forest-dwelling cranelike bird of South America having glossy black plumage and a loud prolonged cry; easily domesticated
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