Species profile
Red-necked Avocet
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Quick answer
Locally in Australia; vagrant to Tasmania and New Zealand
- Scientific name
- Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Genus
- Recurvirostra
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Red-necked Avocet in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
Related species in Recurvirostridae
- Ae'o (Himantopus mexicanus)
- American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- Andean Avocet (Recurvirostra andina)
- Banded stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)
- Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae)
- Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- Fluviatilavis antunesi (Fluviatilavis antunesi)
- Himantopus brevipes (Himantopus brevipes)