crane
Egret
It could be the Gallinule.
Xenops is a bird. Xantus is a hummingbird.
Canary is a bird. Cassowary is a bird.
I'd check that "I" is definitely the fourth letter, because "egret" could be the answer.
A wading bird is any of a group of long-legged birds, such as cranes, herons or storks, which wade in shallow water in search of food.
Yes, there is a wading bird called the Bittern. Its from the Ardeidae family. Its from the Animalia kingdom. Its in the Aves class. They are short necked and secretive birds.
If the s here indicates a plural, then rails are wading birds that have a 5-letter name ending in s. (The word rail is obviously a 4-letter word.)
There are many African wading birds. It could be an Ibis or an Egret.
a loon
crane
Egret
Phoenicopterus is another name for the wading bird, called the flamingo.
Phalarope
snipe
Godwits are large UK wading birds. In the winter, you are likely to see the Bar-Tailed Godwit. The summer bird is the Black Tailed Godwit.