Red-necked avocet
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The red-necked avocet also known as the Australian avocet, cobbler, cobbler's awl, and painted lady, is a wader of the family Recurvirostridae that is endemic to Australia and is fairly common and wid
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Stockton Sandspit
Lake Joondalup, Western Australia
Avocet
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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 n
Red-necked avocet
…The French naturalist Louis Pierre Vieillot described the red-necked avocet in 1816, and it still bears its original name. It is one of four species of avocet that make up the genus Recurvirostra. A 2004 study combining genetics and morphology showed that it was the sister taxon to a lineage that gave rise…
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
American avocet
Recurvirostra andina 591943785
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta by Dr. Raju Kasambe DSCN3743