American Avocet
Recurvirostra americanaGmelin, JF, 1789
English (US) American Avocet
The American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: southern Canada to central Mexico; winters southern USA to Costa Rica and CubaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Recurvirostra americana
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- American Avocet
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1789
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Gmelin, JF, 1789
- Type locality
- North America and New Holland = North America.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.693
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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