Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosettaLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Pied Avocet
The Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) 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: breeds locally southern and central Europe eastward to northeastern Russia and China southward through Middle East to northwestern India; also eastern and southern Africa; winters to coastal northern Africa, inland western Africa, Indian Peninsula including Sri Lanka, and to eastern ChinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Recurvirostra avosetta
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Pied Avocet
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Recurvirostra Avosetta
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- Southern Europe, i.e., Italy.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.151
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Andean Avocet
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Black-necked Stilt
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Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Pied Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
Black Stilt
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