Examples of waterbird in a Sentence
gulls, ducks, and other waterbirds
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Habitat, diet American white pelicans are not easy to miss, weighing up to 16.5 pounds and possessing a wingspan of nine feet, per the Ohio waterbirds guide.
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Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2025
Watch a great blue heron loom over other waterbirds.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
Pelicans, stilts and other waterbirds will find their way to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre from as far away as China and Japan.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Thanks to wetland protections, dabbling and diving duck populations have jumped 24% since 1970, while waterbirds are up 16% nationwide, per the report.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The graceful demeanor of the large white waterbirds has provided tranquility to students, faculty, and visitors alike, and the loss of Zeus signifies the passing of a campus icon.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
Among other things, that means less habitat for the hundreds of thousands of waterbirds that use the area as a stopover on their spring and fall migrations across the gulf.
—Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
However, the now icy continent might have been just that for the early ancestors of today’s living waterbirds–especially after an asteroid slammed into the Earth.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025
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Chad Murphy, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Mar. 2025
Watch a great blue heron loom over other waterbirds.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
Pelicans, stilts and other waterbirds will find their way to Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre from as far away as China and Japan.
—Angus Watson, CNN Money, 25 June 2025
Thanks to wetland protections, dabbling and diving duck populations have jumped 24% since 1970, while waterbirds are up 16% nationwide, per the report.
—Meira Gebel, Axios, 2 Apr. 2025
The graceful demeanor of the large white waterbirds has provided tranquility to students, faculty, and visitors alike, and the loss of Zeus signifies the passing of a campus icon.
—Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 13 Mar. 2025
Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Mar. 2025
Among other things, that means less habitat for the hundreds of thousands of waterbirds that use the area as a stopover on their spring and fall migrations across the gulf.
—Bywarren Cornwall, science.org, 9 Jan. 2025
However, the now icy continent might have been just that for the early ancestors of today’s living waterbirds–especially after an asteroid slammed into the Earth.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 5 Feb. 2025
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“Waterbird.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waterbird. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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waterbird
noun
wa·ter·bird
ˈwȯt-ər-ˌbərd 
: a swimming or wading bird
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