Stilts, Avocets

Pied Avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

The Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a 304 g wetland bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. Some populations migrate.

Family

Stilts, Avocets

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

304 g

Habitat

Wetland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

70

Recorded in Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, United Kingdom, France, Spain, Taiwan, South Africa, Belgium, Portugal, India, China, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Greece, Israel, Namibia, Austria, Turkey, Kenya, Hungary, Bulgaria, Estonia, Ukraine, Tanzania, United Arab Emirates, Mongolia, Russia, Morocco, Romania, Norway, Czechia, Thailand, Iran, Slovenia, Senegal, Kazakhstan, Poland, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Kuwait, Ethiopia, Philippines, Moldova, Botswana, Mozambique, Gambia, Japan, Bangladesh, Albania, Tunisia, Zimbabwe, Saudi Arabia, Oman, Georgia, Croatia, Uganda, Algeria, Switzerland, Finland, Egypt, Zambia, Slovakia, Republic of Korea, Cyprus, MO, Armenia, Ireland, Qatar.

Where to see it: Kalloni Salt Pans (Αλυκές Καλλονής) (Greece); Neusiedler See - Seewinkel NP · Zicklacke (Austria); Camargue · Parc ornithologique du Pont de Gau (France); Zicksee (Austria); Besalma (Moldova).

Photo: (c) Brooke Smith, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist