| Recurvirostridae | ||||||||||
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Black-necked Stilt
(Himantopus himantopus mexicanus) |
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Recurvirostra avosetta Recurvirostra americana Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Recurvirostra andina Himantopus himantopus Himantopus mexicanus Himantopus novaezelandiae Cladorhynchus leucocephalus |
Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups:
- The avocets, with long legs and long up curved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer.
- The stilts, which have extremely long legs and long thin bills.