bird family - a family of warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings

Gruiformes, order Gruiformes - inland marsh-dwelling birds with long legs and necks and bills that wade in water in search of food: cranes; rails; bustards

crane - large long-necked wading bird of marshes and plains in many parts of the world

genus Grus, Grus - type genus of the Gruidae: typical cranes