Wading bird
Waders are birds that live in aquatic environments and have long legs. They can go to the shallow waters of marshes or the seaside. Most are migratory. Sandpipers, stilts, storks, cranes, herons and plovers are waders. It is no longer a valid taxon.
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Common Crane
The Common Crane is one of the largest birds in Europe. It has slaty gray plumage, with black or bluish black feathers on the primaries and secondaries. A red cap located on the top of the head is also more or less visible depending on the season. The upper neck, throat, forehead and nape are black.
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Lesser Flamingo
The Lesser Flamingo is a species of bird found from Africa (mainly in the Great Rift Valley) to India. It is the smallest of the 4 species of flamingos and also the most numerous. Its main breeding ground is Lake Natron in Tanzania.
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Purple Heron
The purple heron has purplish-brown plumage with slaty-grey wings, reddish-brown breast, black abdomen and purplish-red flanks and scapulars.
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White Stork
White Stork is a large species of wading bird in the Ciconiidae family. The plumage is entirely pure white, except for the primaries and secondaries which are black.
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Courtship of Greater flamingos
The Flamingos are in full courtship, it is a real choreography in which these magnificent birds engage.
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Glossy Ibis
Glossy Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family. At first glance it appears black, but it has rust colored feathers with metallic green tints.
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Eurasian Spoonbill
Eurasian Spoonbill is recognizable by its drooping crest, and its long, wide bill, curiously wrinkled and spatulate at the end.
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Great Egret
The Great Egret is a wading bird living near freshwater. It is the largest of the herons and egrets present in Europe.
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Grey Heron
The Grey Heron is the best known of our herons, it often nests in colonies, in trees near water. (heronry). In the Camargue, it is found near ponds and marshes, it likes shallow stretches of water.
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Little Egret
Little egret is the most widespread of the egrets. It is recognized by its white plumage, its very elongated black beak, its black legs with yellow fingers.
