Pied Avocet

Bonanza Salinas

Cadiz Province

09Sept2013

Name from Venetian avosetta
...perhaps in reference to black and
white garb of advocates (lawyers).

Recurvirostra avosetta

(L 16.t-17.75" bill 2.9-3.3.4"

WS 30-31.5")

Few birds can match the
Pied Avocet in its elegance.

(Estonian Wildlife Tours)

Listed in “Remarkable Birds:
100 Of the World‘s Most
Notable Birds.”

( by Stephen Moss)