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awkward waterbirds
**updated Jan. 2024**
Several related and unrelated families of birds that spend most of their time in or on the water, including:
orders Phoenicoperiformes (flamingos), Podicipediformes (grebes), and Gaviiformes (loons),
plus order Gruiformes: rails & coots, limpkins, and cranes.
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flamingos (order Phoenicopteriformes, family Phoenicopteridae)
grebes (order Podicipediformes, family Podicipedidae)
loons (order Gaviiformes, family Gaviidae)
rails, gallinules, and coots (order Gruiformes, family Rallidae)
limpkins (order Gruiformes, family Aramidae)
cranes (order Gruiformes, family Gruidae)
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