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American Avocet

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The American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. The breeding habitat is marshes, beaches, prairie ponds, and shallow lakes in the ...

Pied Avocet

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The Pied Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta, is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe and western and Central Asia.

Black-winged Stilt

Animals; Birds

The Black-winged Stilt or Common Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae).

Ibisbill

Animals; Birds

The Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii) is a bird related to the waders, but sufficiently distinctive to merit its own family Ibidorhynchidae. It is grey with a white belly, red legs and long ...

Black-necked Stilt

Animals; Birds

The Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines.

Canary Islands Oystercatcher

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The Canarian Black Oystercatcher or Canary Islands Oystercatcher, Haematopus meadewaldoi, was a shorebird endemic to Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, and their offshore islets (Islote de Lobos and the ...

The American Oystercatcher (Haematopus palliatus), occasionally called the American Pied Oystercatcher, is a member of family Haematopodidae. The American Oystercatcher is found on the Atlantic coast ...