Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) - HBW 3, p. 346
French: Avocette d’Amérique
German: Braunhals-Säbelschnäbler
Spanish: Avoceta Americana
Taxonomy: Recurvirostra americana Gmelin, 1789, North America.
Monotypic.
Distribution: SE British Columbia E to SW Ontario, and S to N Baja California E to C Texas; E USA; C Mexico. Winters from California and S Texas through Mexico to Guatemala and irregularly to N Honduras; SE USA and Bahamas to Cuba.
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A mother bird sheltering her young, stepping on it, and finally flying away. Locality Utah, USA (United States)
Robert Schaefer 13 June 2008 2 years ago 51 sec 4.8 -
A bird feeding at the sea shore Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 May 2007 4 years ago 20 sec 4.6 -
An apparent bonded pair investigating a clump of salt marsh vegetation as a possible location of a nest, which is basically a sh Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 14 April 2010 1 year ago 42 sec 4.5 -
A pair displaying and mating Locality California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2003 5 years ago 19 sec 4.4 -
An adult in winter plumage feeding Locality Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Cagan H Sekercioglu 7 years ago 39 sec 4.4 -
A female escorts her young to the safety of open water and away from their normal shoreline habitat, to avoid a possible threat. Locality Ventura, Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 10 July 2008 3 years ago 34 sec 4.3
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The Avocet was feeding in a pot hole.
Locality Sand Hills, Nebraska, USA (United States)
Mike Ross 20 May 2008 2 years ago 4.4 -
American Avocet
Locality Riparian Preserve at Water Ranch, Gilbert, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Alex Woodruff 10 March 2010 17 weeks ago 4.2 -
Adult bird in winter plumage walking in shallow water.
Locality Bolsa Chica Wetlands Reserve, Huntington Beach, Orange County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 9 February 2006 21 weeks ago 4 -
Male - foraging in a marsh area just outside of the town limits
Locality Sceptre, Saskatchewan, Canada (Monotypic species)
Blair Wainman 29 July 2011 25 weeks ago 4 -
A bird in black-and-white winter plumage with wings raised
Locality Andrews County, Texas, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 27 October 2008 1 year ago 4 -
A bird in black-and-white winter plumage
Locality Andrews County, Texas, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 27 October 2008 1 year ago 4
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