Recurvirostridae

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iRecurvirostridae
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus himantopus mexicanus)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Charadriiformes Family: Recurvirostridae Bonaparte, 1854
Species
Recurvirostra avosetta Recurvirostra americana Recurvirostra novaehollandiae Recurvirostra andina Himantopus himantopus Himantopus mexicanus Himantopus novaezelandiae Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

Recurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups:

• The avocets, with long legs and long up curved bills which they sweep from side to side when feeding in the brackish or saline wetlands they prefer.
• The stilts, which have extremely long legs and long thin bills.