Name a bird that lives in or by water
Plankton
The first thing everyone thinks of.
- Duck
- Goose
- Pelican
- Penguin
- Seagull
- Swan
Schooler
Solid, but you’re swimming with the crowd.
- Albatross
- Canada goose
- Crane
- Flamingo
- Heron
- Loon
- Mallard
- Puffin
- Stork
Rare
Genuinely uncommon. A strong pick on any prompt.
- Adélie penguin
- American black duck
- American coot
- American flamingo
- American white ibis
- Arctic tern
- Auk
- Australasian Swamphen
- Australian white ibis
- Bald eagle
- Belted kingfisher
- Black swan
- Blue-footed booby
- Booby
- Cape petrel
- Common kingfisher
- Common loon
- Coot
- Cormorant
- Egret
- Eider
- Emperor penguin
- Frigatebird
- Galapagos penguin
- Gannet
- Gentoo penguin
- Great blue heron
- Great egret
- Grebe
- Green heron
- Grey heron
- Guillemot
- Ibis
- Killdeer
- King penguin
- Kingfisher
- Macaroni penguin
- Mandarin duck
- Marabou stork
- Merganser
- Moorhen
- Osprey
- Plover
- Rail
- Razorbill
- Red-crowned crane
- Red-winged blackbird
- Roseate spoonbill
- Sandhill crane
- Sandpiper
- Scarlet ibis
- Shag
- Shearwater
- Shoebill
- Skua
- Snow goose
- Spoonbill
- Teal
- Tern
- Wandering albatross
Deep Cut
Real obscurity. This is where the list gets long.
- Abbott's Booby
- Abdim's stork
- African black duck
- African crake
- African darter
- African finfoot
- African fish eagle
- African goose
- African Grass Owl
- African jacana
- African marsh harrier
- African openbill
- African oystercatcher
- African penguin
- African pied wagtail
- African pygmy goose
- African rail
- African River Martin
- African skimmer
- African Snipe
- African spoonbill
- African swamphen
- African wattled lapwing
- African Yellow Warbler
- Agami heron
- Ainley's Storm Petrel
- Alder flycatcher
- Aleutian tern
- Allen's gallinule
- Altamira Yellowthroat
- Amazon kingfisher
- American avocet
- American bittern
- American dipper
- American golden plover
- American herring gull
- American oystercatcher
- American pygmy kingfisher
- American white pelican
- American wigeon
- American woodcock
- Amsterdam Albatross
- Ancient murrelet
- Andaman Crake
- Andaman Teal
- Andean Avocet
- Andean coot
- Andean duck
- Andean flamingo
- Andean goose
- Andean gull
- Andean Ibis
- Andean Lapwing
- Andean storm petrel
- Andean Teal
- Anhinga
- Antarctic Petrel
- Antarctic Prion
- Antarctic Shag
- Antarctic Tern
One in a Krillion
The gem picked for each prompt. Trench floor.
- Sungrebe
Males carry chicks in skin pockets under their wings, even while flying.