Avocet
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| Scientific name | Recurvirostra |
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| Length | American avocet |
| Rank | Genus |
| Higher classification | Stilts and avocets |
| Family | Recurvirostridae |
| Mass | American avocet |
| Pied avocet | |
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| ID | 2966613 |
About Avocet
The four species of avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, "curved backwards" and rostrum, "bill". The common name is thought to derive from the Italian word avosetta.