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awkward waterbirds

 

​**updated Feb. 2023**

 

Several related and unrelated families of birds that spend most of their time in or on the water, including:

the not-closely-related orders Podicipediformes (grebes) and Gaviiformes (loons),

plus order Gruiformes: rails & coots, limpkins, and cranes.

 

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grebes (order Podicipediformes, family Podicipedidae)

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loons (order Gaviiformes, family Gaviidae)

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rails, gallinules, and coots (order Gruiformes, family Rallidae)

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limpkins (order Gruiformes, family Aramidae)

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