Species profile
American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
Quick answer
S Canada to n Mexico; winters s US to Costa Rica and Cuba
- Scientific name
- Recurvirostra americana
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Recurvirostra
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
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Related species in Recurvirostridae
- Ae'o (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Andean Avocet (Recurvirostra andina)
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- Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Fluviatilavis antunesi (Fluviatilavis antunesi)
- Himantopus brevipes (Himantopus brevipes)
- Himantopus wilsonii (Himantopus wilsonii)