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Recurvirostra
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The four species of avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. The genus name comes from Latin , 'curved backwards' and , 'bill'. The common name is thought to derive from the Italian (Ferrarese) word , which may relate to Latin ("bird"). Francis Willughby in 1678 noted the "Avosetta of the Italians".
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Recurvirostra is a genus of birds within the class Aves and order Charadriiformes. It belongs to the family Recurvirostridae and is classified under the phylum Chordata and kingdom Animalia. The genus was described by Linnaeus in 1758 and holds an accepted taxonomic status. Its habitat is marine, and it is also referred to by the common name ソリハシセイタカシギ属.
Records for this genus are held by several institutions, including UF, UCMP, MZLU, MSB, and ANWC. These records originate from the United States, South Africa, Spain, Denmark, and Australia. The genus has 33 associated records and 12 media items. Additionally, there are 2,483,116 occurrences documented for Recurvirostra.
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ソリハシセイタカシギ属
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyRecurvirostridae
Recurvirostra es un género de aves caradriformes de la familia Recurvirostridae conocidas vulgarmente como avocetas. Tienen un pico muy característico, delgado y curvado hacia arriba, del que deriva el nombre del género, ya que consiste en la combinación de las palabras latinas recurvus «curvado hacia atrás» y rostrum que significa «pico». Son aves limícolas con una distribución mundial que viven en lagunas poco profundas donde capturan invertebrados.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 33
- With media
- 12
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- Collections
- UF, UCMP, MZLU, MSB, ANWC, UMZC
- Recorded in
- United States, South Africa, Spain, Denmark, Australia, Australie, China
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The four species of avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. The genus name comes from Latin , 'curved backwards' and , 'bill'. The common name is thought to derive from the Italian (Ferrarese) word , which may relate to Latin ("bird"). Francis Willughby in 1678 noted the "Avosetta of the Italians".
==Taxonomy== The genus Recurvirostra was introduced in 1758 by Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his to contain a single species, the pied avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta. The genus name combines the Latin meaning 'bent' or 'curved backwards' with meaning 'bill'.
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