Recurvirostra
Sign in to saveThe 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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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyRecurvirostridae
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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'.