Pied Avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta - Avocette élégante

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Récurvirostridés

  • Genus
    :

    Recurvirostra

  • Species
    :

    avosetta

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 45 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 77 à 80 cm.
  • Weight
    : 250 à 400 g
Longevity

25 years

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Avocette élégante
adult
Avocette élégante
juvenile

Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a species of bird in the Recurvirostridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Avocette élégante,
  • Avoceta común,
  • alfaiate-comum,
  • Säbelschnäbler,
  • gulipán,
  • Kluut,
  • Avocetta,
  • skärfläcka,
  • Avosett,
  • šabliarka modronohá,
  • tenkozobec opačný,
  • Klyde,
  • avosetti,
  • Bontelsie,
  • bec d'alena comú,
  • Bjúgnefja,
  • szablodziób (zwyczajny),
  • avozeta,
  • sabljarka,
  • Шилоклювка,
  • ソリハシセイタカシギ,
  • 反嘴鹬,
  • นกปากงอน,
  • 反嘴鴴〔斑反嘴長腳鷸〕,

Voice song and cries

Avocette élégante
adult

Habitat

Avocette élégante
adult

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Inland Deltas, Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes, Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes

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

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Avocette élégante
published: - Updated: 29-01-2015
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