Andean Avocet

Recurvirostra andina - Avocette des Andes

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Récurvirostridés
Genus
:
Recurvirostra
Species
:
andina

Descriptor

Philippi Landbeck, 1861

Biometrics

Size
: 48 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 315 à 410 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Andean Avocet (Recurvirostra andina) is a species of bird in the Recurvirostridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Avocette des Andes,
Avoceta andina,
alfaiate-andino,
Andensäbelschnäbler,
andoki gulipán,
Andeskluut,
Avocetta delle Ande,
andinsk skärfläcka,
Andesavosett,
šabliarka andská,
tenkozobec andský,
Andesklyde,
andienavosetti,
bec d'alena dels Andes,
szablodziób andyjski,
Андская шилоклювка,
アンデスソリハシセイタカシギ,
安第斯反嘴鹬,
安地斯反嘴鴴,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status

Extinct

Threatened

Least
concern

Extinc
in the Wild

Near
threatened

Not
evaluated

EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Illustration

Access to all images

Sources of information

Vol. 7 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
Birds of Peru, Thomas S.Schulenberg, Douglas F.Stotz, Daniel F.Lane, John P.O'Neill, Theodore A.Parker III
Whatbird,
Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
THE AVIANWEB, Sibylle Faye
HBW Alive,
Wikipedia (English version),
IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.

Other sources of interest