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| Recurvirostra americana |
Gmelin, 1789 |
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Family: Recurvirostridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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American avocet |
Avocette d'Amérique |
Avoceta americana |
Braunhals-Säbelschnäbler |
| Migration: intracontinental |
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Mostly migratory. Winters in S portion of breeding range in S & E USA and Mexico, S to Guatemala and rarely
N Honduras, and also Bahamas and Cuba. N migration occurs in Apr-May; S migration in Aug-Nov.
(del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1996)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1996) - www.hbw.com,
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| Regions: Caribbean Islands, Mesoamerica, North America |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |