This article is about the bird. For other uses, see Avocet (disambiguation).
Avocets
Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Recurvirostridae
Genus:
Recurvirostra Linnaeus, 1758
Type species
Recurvirostra avosetta (pied avocet)
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
Recurvirostra avosetta
Recurvirostra americana
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae
Recurvirostra andina
The four species of avocets/ˈævəsɛt/ are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, 'curved backwards' and rostrum, 'bill'.[1] The common name is thought to derive from the Italian (Ferrarese) word avosetta. Francis Willughby in 1678 noted it as the "Avosetta of the Italians".[2]
^Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^Swann, H. Kirke (1913). A dictionary of English and folk-names of British Birds. London: Witherby and Co. p. 9.
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