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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 name is thought to derive from the Italian word... Wikipedia
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Large, slender shorebird with a long, upturned bill, a long neck, and a round head. Its oval body sits atop long legs.
The American Avocet takes elegance to a new level. This long-legged wader glides through shallow waters swishing its slender, upturned bill from side to side to ...
The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, 'curved backwards' and rostrum, 'bill'. ... The common name is thought to derive from the Italian (Ferrarese) word ...
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The meaning of AVOCET is any of a genus (Recurvirostra) of rather large long-legged shorebirds with webbed feet and slender upward-curving bill.
The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe ...
A distinctively-patterned black and white wader with a long up-curved beak. It is the emblem of the RSPB and symbolises the bird protection movement in the ...
a pied avocet. Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, ...
Description. 18" (46 cm). Slender and graceful with long, blue-gray legs, upcurved bill (more strongly curved in female). Bold black-and-white pattern on back ...
Distinctive large shorebird with a long, thin, upturned bill. Look for bold black-and-white wings and long blue-gray legs. Breeding adults have buffy-orange ...
The American avocet is a large, migratory shorebird that forages for food in wetlands, marshes, tidal flats and shallow lakes and ponds.