Tag: American Avocet

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

[order] CHARADRIIFORMES | [family] Recurvirostridae | [latin] Recurvirostra americana | [UK] American Avocet | [FR] Avocette d’Amerique | [DE] Braunhals-Sabelschnabler | [ES] | [NL] Noordamerikaanse Kluut Subspecies Monotypic species Physical charateristics A large, slim shorebird with a very slender, upturned , somewhat godwitlike bill, more upturned in the female. This and the striking white and […]