Avocet
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This article is about the bird. For other uses, see Avocet (disambiguation).
The four species of avocets /ˈævəsɛt/ 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'.[1] The common name is thought to derive from the Italian (Ferrarese) word avosetta. Francis Willughby in 1678 noted it as the "Avosetta of the Italians".[2]
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Avocets | |
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Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Recurvirostridae |
Genus: | Recurvirostra Linnaeus, 1758 |
Type species | |
Recurvirostra avosetta (pied avocet) Linnaeus, 1758 | |
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