Stilt & Avocet (NA)

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Recurvirostridae

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.

Genus: Himantopus

• Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
• Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)

Genus: Recurvirostra

• American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)