Ostrich | 83-110 | Arid regions like grasslands and savannahs |
Southern Cassowary | 59-79 | Rainforests and similar habitats |
Marabou Stork | 59-62 | Near grasslands, savannahs, and wetlands |
Whooping Crane | 49-63 | Marshes, both freshwater and saltwater |
American Flamingo | 47-57 | Mudflats, saline water bodies like lagoons and inland lakes |
Jabiru | 47-55 | Near aquatic habitats like rivers and ponds |
Common Crane | 43-47 | Near aquatic habitats like wetlands and marshes |
Secretary Bird | 39-51 | Savannahs and open grasslands |
White Stork | 39-45 | Grasslands, as well as wetlands |
Great Blue Heron | 36-54 | Wetlands like flooded meadows, fresh and saltwater marshes, lakes, shorelines, and the swamps of mangrove forests |
Gray Heron | 35-40 | Most shallow aquatic environments like coastal lagoons, ditches, estuaries, flooded areas, lakes, marshes, mountain tarns, ponds, reservoirs, rivers, and seashores |
Wood Stork | 33-45 | Wetlands in tropical and subtropical habitats |
Great Egret | 31-41 | Near aquatic habitats like lakes, rivers, ponds, and swamps |
Purple Heron | 31-38 | Near aquatic habitats with vegetation to perch on, like lagoons, marshes, and some lakes. |
Roseate Spoonbill | 28-34 | Both freshwater and saltwater habitats |
Reddish Egret | 27-32 | Mudflats |
Limpkin | 25-29 | Freshwater marshes, mangroves, and swamps, but also near dry bushlands |
American Bittern | 23–33 | Bogs, marshes, shallow open pools, and wet meadows |
Snowy Egret | 22-26 | Near aquatic habitats like estuaries, lakesides, marshes, pools, riverbanks, and salt marshes |
Tricolored Heron | 22-30 | Swamps and coastal habitats like shorelines and lagoons |
Scarlet Ibis | 22-25 | Wetlands and marshes like mudflats and shorelines |
Cattle Egret | 18-22 | Fields and other grassy habitats, but sometimes seen in shallow water |
White-faced Ibis | 18-22 | Marshes, especially those with low-lying vegetation to perch on |
Green Heron | 16-18 | Small, low-lying wetlands |
American Purple Gallinule | 10-15 | Freshwater marshes with vegetation |