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American Avocet Recurvirostra americana Scientific name definitions

Joshua T. Ackerman, C. Alex Hartman, Mark P. Herzog, John Y. Takekawa, Julie A. Robinson, Lewis W. Oring, Joseph P. Skorupa, and Ruth Boettcher
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 3, 2013

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Distribution of the American Avocet

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Ackerman, J. T., C. A. Hartman, M. P. Herzog, J. Y. Takekawa, J. A. Robinson, L. W. Oring, J. P. Skorupa, and R. Boettcher (2020). American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.ameavo.01
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