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Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta · Family Recurvirostridae
Recurvirostra avosetta
Family Recurvirostridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,274,134
- Countries and territories with records
- 134
About this species
This species has 1,274,134 occurrence records from 134 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the Netherlands (28.3%), Sweden (13.7%), Denmark (10.2%), the United Kingdom (9.4%) and France (7.4%); together they account for 69.1% of the total. In the Netherlands, this species accounts for 0.54% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Recurvirostra avosetta combines the genus name Recurvirostra with the species epithet avosetta. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Recurvirostra; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Recurvirostra americana, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae and Recurvirostra andina.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 9 species of the family Recurvirostridae. This species ranks 3rd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Himantopus mexicanus. Its record count is 1.8 times the family average (705,850). The family Recurvirostridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.