Charadriiformes
Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
HBW 3, p. 332
- Tall, elegant wading birds, with very long legs, longish and upcurved or medium-length and straight bill, and mostly pied plumage.
- Cosmopolitan, with greatest diversity in Australasian Region.
- Extensive open wetlands.
- 3 genera, 7 species, 11 taxa.
- 1 species threatened; none extinct since 1600.
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- 6
List of species:
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- 513 21 269 223 8 1 Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
- 44 1 25 18 2 3 Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae)
- 19 6 13 8 6 Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus)
- 123 2 63 58 8 7 Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
- 58 1 32 25 8 8 American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
- 38 10 28 8 9 Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
- 30 8 22 8 10 Andean Avocet (Recurvirostra andina)
Family statistics
3 genera, 7 species
| 823 files covering | |
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| 3 genera | (100%) |
| 7 species | (100%) |
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