Bird families · Charadriiformes

Stilts, Avocets

Recurvirostridae · 8 species

Stilts, Avocets (Recurvirostridae) is a family of 8 bird species in the order Charadriiformes. They live mostly in wetland habitats. The smallest is the Black-winged Stilt and the largest the Andean Avocet.

• American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
• Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina
• Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
• Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
• Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
• Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae