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Red-necked Avocet
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Vieillot, 1816
Recurvirostridae — Stilts, Avocets
Red-necked Avocet, Recurvirostra novaehollandiae, is a bird of the family Recurvirostridae that breeds across Australia apart from the far north and Tasmania. It is a wader with a slender build and a strongly upcurved bill, and the adult has a chestnut head and neck that set it apart from related stilts. The species was described by Vieillot in 1816. It is found in shallow wetlands, salt or brackish water, and estuarine mudflats, and it moves widely around the continent in response to rainfall and changing water conditions.
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Recurvirostridae — Stilts, Avocets
- Breeding range
- Australasia: Australia (except n, Tasmania)
