Species profile
Andean Avocet
Recurvirostra andina
Quick answer
Andes of s Peru to nw Argentina and n Chile
- Scientific name
- Recurvirostra andina
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Recurvirostra
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Andean Avocet in your journal
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Related species in Recurvirostridae
- Ae'o (Himantopus mexicanus)
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- Banded stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)
- Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Fluviatilavis antunesi (Fluviatilavis antunesi)
- Himantopus brevipes (Himantopus brevipes)
- Himantopus wilsonii (Himantopus wilsonii)