wading bird

C4660
concept

A wading bird is a long-legged, often long-billed bird adapted to foraging in shallow water or wetlands, typically feeding on aquatic invertebrates, fish, and small amphibians.

All labels observed (8)

Label Occurrences
wading bird canonical 19
shorebird 18
waterbird 14

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: wading bird
Generated description
A wading bird is a long-legged, often long-billed bird adapted to foraging in shallow water or wetlands, typically feeding on aquatic invertebrates, fish, and small amphibians.

Instances (62)

Instance Via concept surface
Hawaiian gallinule (ʻalae ʻula)
surface form: Hawaiian gallinule
waterbird
Mycteria americana
Anastomus oscitans
Calidris mauri shorebird
Calidris alpina shorebird
Scarlet ibis is national bird of Trinidad
surface form: Scarlet ibis
Calidris canutus shorebird
bar-tailed godwit shorebird
curlew sandpiper shorebird
eastern curlew shorebird
Mute swan waterbird
black-faced spoonbill