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Recurvirostra avosetta |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Family: Recurvirostridae |
Order: Charadriiformes |
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Pied avocet |
Avocette élégante |
Avoceta común |
Säbelschnäbler |
Migration: intercontinental |
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Variable. N temperate birds mainly migrate Aug-Oct to tropical and warm temperature regions, staging en route
in high numbers, e.g. in Netherlands. Roughly one third of Atlantic seaboard population migrates to sub-Saharan
Africa, but average of over 10,000 birds each winter in both France and Iberian Peninsula, with up to 11,000
birds on Tagus Estuary, Portugal. Return movements in Mar-May, with many African migrants using Banc D'
Arguin, Mauritania, as brief stopover. Some local wintering elsewhere in W Europe. Patterns in Asia poorly
documented, but wintering birds occupy Persian Gulf, NW India and SE China, presumably from C Asia
breeding grounds. One-year-old migrant birds possibly remain on wintering grounds over following summer. E
& S African birds sedentary or locally dispersive. Contrary to some reports, species is mere vagrant to Cape
Verde Is, with only c. 3-4 records. (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: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West
& Central Asia |
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |