American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana

Least Concern

The American Avocet is a shorebird of North American wetlands, coasts, woodlands, and their seasonal migration routes. It uses its bill, legs, and alert flight to feed on invertebrates, seeds, or small aquatic prey along coasts, mudflats, rivers, lakes, grasslands, or open ground; many shorebirds make impressive seasonal movements between breeding and non-breeding areas.

Family

Recurvirostridae

Group

Shorebirds

Range

American Avocet Range — Resident or seasonal range in North American wetlands, coasts, woodlands, and their seasonal migration routes

Population

≈ Unknown

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