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Recurvirostridae

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iRecurvirostridae
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus himantopus mexicanus)
Black-necked Stilt
(Himantopus himantopus mexicanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Recurvirostridae
Bonaparte, 1854
Species

Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups:

  • The avocets, with long legs and long up curved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer.
  • The stilts, which have extremely long legs and long thin bills.
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