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This is a very diverse order of birds that includes the Whooping Crane and the American Coot. There are three families, Gruidae which includes the cranes, Aramidae (Limpkin), and the rails found in the family, Rallidae. All the members of this order can be found in marshy habitat. Many of the species are endangered because their main habitat, wetlands, is disappearing. The cranes look very similar to members of the long-legged wading birds except that cranes fly with their neck straight out and herons and egrets fly with neck bent. |
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