Charadriiformes

Ibisbill (Ibidorhynchidae)

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• Distinctive medium-sized wader, strongly built but elegant, with contrasting plumage, decurved bill and long legs.
• Mountain systems of Central Asia.
• Shingle-bed rivers.
• 1 genus, 1 species, 1 taxon.
• No species threatened; none extinct since 1600.