Red-necked Avocet
Recurvirostra novaehollandiaeVieillot, LJP, 1816
English (US) Red-necked Avocet
The Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) 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 and central Australia (except Tasmania)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-necked Avocet
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1816
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Recurvirostra Novae-Hollandiae
- Described by
- Vieillot, LJP, 1816
- Type locality
- New Holland, = Victoria apud Mathews.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 3 p.103
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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