Species fact sheet
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Recurvirostra americana | Gmelin, 1789 | Family: Recurvirostridae | Order: Charadriiformes | print version |
American avocet | Avocette d'Amérique | Avoceta americana | Braunhals-Säbelschnäbler |
Migration: intracontinental |
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)
Regions: Caribbean Islands, Mesoamerica, North America |
Recommended link: http://www.enature.com/fieldguide/showSpeciesGS.asp?sort=1&curGroupID=99&display=1&area=99&searchT ext=Recurvirostra&curPageNum=1&recnum=BD0246 |
Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |