Key Identification Features
- It is entirely white, with a distinctive black, spoon-shaped bill, and long legs adapted for walking through water.
- Its call is a loud, distinct single or double cuk or turuck, or kut and kut-kaaaoh.
- It can be distinguished by the combination of its dark coloration, crest, and extensive white wing patch.
- Breeding adults have reddish-brown bodies and distinctly iridescent wing feathers, which range in color from bottle-green to bronzed or purple depending on the angle of light.
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