Andean Avocet

Recurvirostra andina - Avocette des Andes

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Charadriiformes

  • Family
    :

    Récurvirostridés

  • Genus
    :

    Recurvirostra

  • Species
    :

    andina

Descriptor

Philippi Landbeck, 1861

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 48 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 315 à 410 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Avocette des Andes
adult
Avocette des Andes
adult

Andean Avocet (Recurvirostra andina) is a species of bird in the Recurvirostridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Avocette des Andes,
  • Avoceta andina,
  • alfaiate-andino,
  • Andensäbelschnäbler,
  • andoki gulipán,
  • Andeskluut,
  • Avocetta delle Ande,
  • andinsk skärfläcka,
  • Andesavosett,
  • šabliarka andská,
  • tenkozobec andský,
  • Andesklyde,
  • andienavosetti,
  • bec d'alena dels Andes,
  • szablodziób andyjski,
  • Андская шилоклювка,
  • アンデスソリハシセイタカシギ,
  • 安第斯反嘴鹬,
  • 安地斯反嘴鴴,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Marshes/Pools

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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