Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (53)
- Monotypic
Ray J. Pierce, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated February 15, 2016
Text last updated February 15, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Bontelsie |
| Albanian | Sqepbiza |
| Arabic | نكات ابقع |
| Armenian | Բզակտուց |
| Asturian | Avoceta comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Adi bizdimdik |
| Basque | Abozeta |
| Bulgarian | Саблеклюн |
| Catalan | bec d'alena comú |
| Chinese | 反嘴鴴 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 反嘴鷸 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 反嘴鹬 |
| Croatian | modronoga sabljarka |
| Czech | tenkozobec opačný |
| Danish | Klyde |
| Dutch | Kluut |
| English | Pied Avocet |
| English (United States) | Pied Avocet |
| Faroese | Nevfatti |
| Finnish | avosetti |
| French | Avocette élégante |
| French (France) | Avocette élégante |
| Galician | Avoceta común |
| German | Säbelschnäbler |
| Greek | Αβοκέτα |
| Hebrew | סייפן |
| Hungarian | Gulipán |
| Icelandic | Bjúgnefja |
| Indonesian | Trinil-lumpur belang |
| Italian | Avocetta |
| Japanese | ソリハシセイタカシギ |
| Korean | 딋부리장다리물떼새 |
| Latvian | Avozeta |
| Lithuanian | Avocetė |
| Malayalam | ആവോസെറ്റ് |
| Mongolian | Алаг ээтэн |
| Norwegian | avosett |
| Persian | آووست |
| Polish | szablodziób |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Alfaiate |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Alfaiate |
| Romanian | Ciocîntors |
| Russian | Шилоклювка |
| Serbian | Sabljarka |
| Slovak | šabliarka modronohá |
| Slovenian | Sabljarka |
| Spanish | Avoceta Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Avoceta común |
| Swedish | skärfläcka |
| Thai | นกปากงอน |
| Turkish | Kılıçgaga |
| Ukrainian | Чоботар синьоногий |
| Zulu | usipheshula |
Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Recurvirostra Avosetta
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.151.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Southern Europe, i.e., Italy.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- RECURVIROSTRA
- recurvirostra / recurvirostris
- avosetta
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Pied Avocet
