WoRMS taxon details

Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758

212721  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212721)

accepted
Species
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 151 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
Description Length: 43-46 cm. Plumage: white with black crown, wing coverts, scapulars and wing-tips; black may become brownish with...  
Description Length: 43-46 cm. Plumage: white with black crown, wing coverts, scapulars and wing-tips; black may become brownish with wear. Immature brown replaces black of adults, buff tinge to white feathers. Bare parts: iris male red, female brown; bill black; feet and legs blue-grey to grey. Habitat: shallow waters of lagoons, estuaries, seashores and inland water bodies. Resident; breeds in Africa. <389><391><393> [details]
WoRMS (2024). Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212721 on 2024-03-19
Date
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1998-08-22 05:35:27Z
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Depew, Lorna
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
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original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em> , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886
page(s): 151 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

context source (HKRMS) HKBWS. (2013). Hong Kong Bird Report 2011. <em>The Hong Kong Bird Watching Society.</em>  [details]   

context source (Schelde) Maris, T.; Beauchard, O.; Van Damme, S.; Van den Bergh, E.; Wijnhoven, S.; Meire, P. (2013). Referentiematrices en Ecotoopoppervlaktes Annex bij de Evaluatiemethodiek Schelde-estuarium Studie naar “Ecotoopoppervlaktes en intactness index”. <em>Monitor Taskforce Publication Series, 2013-01. NIOZ: Yerseke.</em> 35 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]   

basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em>  [details]   

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]   

additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

From other sources
Description Length: 43-46 cm. Plumage: white with black crown, wing coverts, scapulars and wing-tips; black may become brownish with wear. Immature brown replaces black of adults, buff tinge to white feathers. Bare parts: iris male red, female brown; bill black; feet and legs blue-grey to grey. Habitat: shallow waters of lagoons, estuaries, seashores and inland water bodies. Resident; breeds in Africa. <389><391><393> [details]
LanguageName 
Albanian sqepshpata këmbëkaltërsqepbizakorana  [details]
Bulgarian Саблеклюн  [details]
Danish klyde  [details]
Dutch kluut  [details]
English pied avocet Eurasian avocetavocet  [details]
French avocette élégante  [details]
German Säbelschnäbler  [details]
Hebrew סיפן  [details]
Italian avocetta  [details]
Japanese ソリハシセイタカシギ  [details]
Lithuanian avocetė  [details]
Modern Greek (1453-) Ευρωπαϊκή Αβοκέτα  [details]
Norwegian Avosett  [details]
Norwegian Bokmål avosett  [details]
Norwegian Nynorsk avosett  [details]
Polish szablodziób  [details]
Romanian ciocântorsul  [details]
Russian шилоклювка  [details]
Scottish Gaelic abhóiséad  [details]
Slovenian sabljarka  [details]
Spanish avoceta común  [details]
Swedish skärfläcka  [details]
Turkish kılıçgagakilicgagakılıç gaga  [details]
Ukrainian ШилодзьобкаЧоботар  [details]