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American Avocet

Recurvirostra americana
Gmelin, JF, 1789
Avoceta Americana
Family: Recurvirostridae
Order: Charadriiformes
Class: Aves
Phylum / Division: Chordata
Kingdom: Animalia
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Conservation status according to BirdLife International: Least Concern

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Number of Photography: 12

Foto
Photography ID: 300178
  Adult
San Francisco
California
United States
11/21/2018
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 248785
  Adult
Alameda County
California
United States
02/04/2018
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 186655
  Adult
San Mateo
California
United States
01/21/2017
Rutger Koperdraad
Foto
Photography ID: 20636
  Adult
Mono Lake
California
United States
09/13/2012
Astrid Wessels
Foto
Photography ID: 12848
  Adult
Merritt Island
Florida
United States
04/16/2012
Esteban Argerich


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Number of Records: 15



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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
196316311/01/2024MexicoDistrito FederalLocalidad Bosque de San Juan de Aragón3Pablo Eguia
159724023/05/2022MexicoDistrito FederalParque Ecológico XochimilcoPablo Eguia
84310321/11/2018United StatesCaliforniaSan Francisco Bay Trail - Burlingname, San FranciscoRutger Koperdraad
70180304/02/2018United StatesCaliforniaHayward Shoreline, Alameda CountyRutger Koperdraad
54494131/01/2017United StatesFloridaMerritt IslandEsteban Argerich
56119626/01/2017United StatesCaliforniaBolsa Chica Ecological Reserve15Virginia Bonifacio
53250721/01/2017United StatesCaliforniaAnza lagoon, San MateoRutger Koperdraad
52819806/01/2017United StatesCaliforniaBolsa Chica Ecological Reserve2Virginia Bonifacio
52081821/12/2016United StatesCaliforniaUpper Newport Bay, Orange Couty24Virginia Bonifacio
28819412/05/2015United StatesCaliforniaBolsa Chica Ecological ReserveMarcos Augusto Lartigau
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Citation recommended:

EcoRegistros. 2026. American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana) - Species sheet. Acceded from https://www.ecoregistros.org on 11/03/2026.