Species Detail: Recurvirostra americana
Taxonomy / Classification
Scientific Name: Recurvirostra americana
 
Authority: (Gmelin, 1789)
 
Synonyms:
 
Common Names:
Common Names Location Language
American Avocet Global English
Noord-Amerikaanse Kluut Dutch Caribbean Dutch
 
 
Formal Taxonomy:
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus
Animalia Craniata Aves
(Birds)		 Charadriiformes
 Recurvirostridae Recurvirostra
 
Taxonomic Comments:
 
General Species Description: Reproduction Comments:Breeding begins in mid-April in the south, as late as mid-May in the north. Clutch size usually is 3-4. Incubation lasts 23-25 days, by both sexes. Young are precocial, tended by both adults, independent in about 6 weeks. Nests usually in a loose colony.

Conservation Status
Status type Location Status Review date
IUCN Redlist Global LC
Natureserve Global G5

Habitats Terrestrially widely distributed: No

Habitat subtype Description Comments
MARINE - saline lagoon

Distribution Status
Distributions Occurrence Status Description
North America

Location Occurrence Status Description
Bonaire Casual winter visitor from North America

Population No Population listed.

Threats No Threats listed.

Uses No Uses listed.

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References
Citation Author Reference Type
Birds of the Netherlands Antilles / Karel Hendrik Voous ; coloured plates by Henk J. Slijper. - Voous, Karel Hendrik. - 327 p. : ill., pl. ; 20 cm. - [2nd, rev. ed., English version]. - With bibliogr., index. - 1st ed.: 1955, Dutch version (De vogels van de Nederlandse Antillen). - 90-6011-157-5. - Zutphen : Walburg Pers, 1983 Voous, Karel Hendrik Published document

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