English: American Avocet

 Japanese: amerika sorihashi seitakashigi

 Latin: Recurvirostra americana

 Date: 22/NOV/2002

 Location: Sea Rim Park, Texas

 Size: L = 46cm, WS = 79cm

 Photo by Wayne Nicholas


 English: Pied Avocet

 Japanese: sorihashi seitakashigi

 Latin: Recurvirostra avosetta

 5/FEB/1994

 Location: Yatsuhigata, Chiba, Japan

 Photo: Makoto Furuya

 Note: Next to familiar Black-necked Stilt.

 English: American Avocet

 Japanese: amerika sorihashi seitakashigi

 Latin: Recurvirostra americana

 Date: 24/NOV/2000

 Location: Port bolivar, Texas

 Size: L = 46cm, WS = 79cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 Date: 8/APR/2007

 Location: Bolivar Flats Shorebird Sanctuary, Texas

 I hit the jackpot when I went into the deeper end of the sanctuary. There were thousands of American Avocets feeding together.
 

 English: American Avocet

 Japanese: amerika sorihashi seitakashigi

 Latin: Recurvirostra americana

 Date: 18/MAY/2003

 Location: Bolivar Flats, Texas

 Size: L = 46cm, WS = 79cm

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto

 English: American Avocet

 Japanese: amerika sorihashi seitakashigi

 Latin: Recurvirostra americana

 Date: 9/JUN/2002

 Location: Bolivar Flats, Texas

 Size: L = 46 cm, WS = 79 cm

 Note: Most of them are in breeding plumage.

 Photo by Kinjo Yonemoto