Recurvirostridae
Videos
The Recurvirostridae are a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts.
Image: Banded stilts 2 Governors Lake Rotto email
Image: Black winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Image: 1 (83) Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
Avocet
Videos
The four species of avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, 'curved backwards' and rostrum, 'bill'. The common name is thought to derive from the Italian (Ferrarese) word avosetta. Francis Willughby in 1678 noted it as the "Avosetta of the Italians".
Image: American avocet (26124753051)
Image: Recurvirostra andina
Image: Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN3743 (8)