Pied Avocet

Order - Charadriiformes 鸻形目
Family - Recurvirostridae 反嘴鹬科 (Avocets, Stilts)
Genus - Recurvirostra 反嘴鹬属

Pied Avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta

反嘴鹬

    Size : 42–45 cm; 195–397 g; Wingspan 77–80 cm

             Tarsus 85–98 mm in male, 77–105 mm in female

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Monotypic (Linnaeus, 1758, southern Europe = Italy)
  – Europe through W & C Asia to SE Siberia and NE China, and locally through N Africa to E & S Africa, Arabian Penisula and NW India. Winters from W Europe and Africa through Middle East to India, C Myanmar and SE China.

Date : 05 January 2015
南生围, 元朗区, 新界, 香港
Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong

Date : 05 January 2015
南生围, 元朗区, 新界, 香港
Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong

Date : 04 January 2015
南生围, 元朗区, 新界, 香港
Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong


Date : 04 January 2015

南生围, 元朗区, 新界, 香港

Nam Sang Wai, Yuen Long District, New Territories, Hong Kong