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Recurvirostra

a genus of birds of the family Charadriidae of the suborder Limicolae. The bill is long and recurved and has a flattened tip. The plumage is white with black or red. The genus comprises four species, which are distributed in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Australia. In the USSR there is one species, the Eurasian, or European, avocet (R. avosetta). The European avocet measures 45 cm in length. Its plumage is black and white, and its bill is black. The bird is found in the south, from the Danube to Transbaikalia. It lives in colonies along the flat, swampy shores of seas and salt lakes. The clutch contains four eggs, which are incubated 22 to 24 days. The diet consists of cray fish, mollusks, and aquatic insects.

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Breeding ecology of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) in north-central Oklahoma.

Table 1--Number of nests monitored by three treatments used to detect predators and frequency of predation on nests of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) and black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) in Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties, California, 2006-2007.

Identifying nest predators of American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) and black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus) in San Francisco Bay, California

Ruddy turnstones (Arenaria interpres), American avocets (Recurvirostra americana), long-billed curlews (Numenius americanus), whimbrels (N.

Both small (Calidris, Limnodromus, Arenaria, Charadrius and Pluvialis spp.) and large shorebirds (Limosa, Catoptrophorus, Recurvirostra, Numenius and Tringa spp.) were about equally represented (47.5, and 52.5%, respectively).

Shorebirds and benthic fauna of tidal mudflats in Estero de Punta Banda, Baja California, Mexico

The islands in the Wadden Sea are particular important for a number of breeding species such as the avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), Kentish plover (Charadrius alexandrinus), spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia) and marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) which are rare throughout the rest of northern Europe.

5 Protected areas and biosphere reserves in the littoral zone

American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana).--A singleton was observed at Roxanna Pond on 11 May 1980.

Birds of the Grand Calumet River basin

alba); dowitchers were placed alone; recurvirostrids-American avocets (Recurvirostra americana), black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus); large charadriids-black-bellied plovers, killdeer (Charadrius vociferous), and ruddy turnstones (Scolopacidae, Arenaria interpres) because they occupy a niche similar to black-bellied plovers; small charadriids-piping plovers, snowy plovers (Charadrius alexandrinus), Wilson's plovers (C.

Behavior and habitat use by shorebirds in an urban wetland complex along the central Gulf Coast of Texas

peregrino se observaron dos individuos, y del paino negro Oceanodroma melania, el pato chillon Bucephala clangula, el pato tepalcate Oxyura jamaicensis y la avoceta americana Recurvirostra americana solo se observo un individuo.

Estructura de la comunidad y asociacion de las aves acuaticas con la heterogeneidad espacial del complejo lagunar Bahia Magdalena-Almejas, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Long-billed Curlews (Numenius americanus) and Marbled Godwits (Limosa fedoa) used mainly low mudflats, while American Avocets (Recurvirostra americana) and Stilt Sandpipers (Calidris himantopus) were restricted to pools on the high mudflats.

Habitat use by wintering shorebirds along the lower Laguna Madre of south Texas

Pied AvCet (Recurvirostra avosetta), bean goose, and swan goose were dominant in PHF, accounting for14.55%, 10.73%, and 10.01% of total numbers respectively.

Abundance, Distribution and Diversity Variations of Wintering Water Birds in Poyang Lake, Jiangxi Province, China

However, two species accounted for almost half of all individuals: Calidris alba (24%) and Himantopus mexicanus (21%), with two other species having moderate numbers: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus and Recurvirostra americana (12% each).

Coastal waterbirds of El Chorro and Majahuas, Jalisco, Mexico, during the non-breeding season, 1995-1996