Prakruti Parichay
RecurvirostridaeRecurvirostra

Pied Avocet

Rscurvirostra avossttB

42–45 cmLarge
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Breeds in Pakistan and Kutch; widespread winter visitor and passage migrant. Upward kink to black bill. Distinctive black-and - white patterning. Juvenile has brown and buff mottling on mantle a ndscapulars. Gregarious for most of the year; usually breeds in F,') colonies. Characteristically feeds by sweeping bill and head from side to side in shallow water; also often swims and upends like a dabbling duck, and picks from the surface of water or mud. Eats,,.,; small crustaceans, molluscs and insects. Favours shallow alkaline and brackish pools; also coastal.. tiwetlands

Colour

BlackWhiteBrownBuff / Tan
Average size
43.5 cm
Behaviour
Breeds in Pakistan and Kutch, widespread winter visitor and passage migrant., Gregarious for most of the year, usually breeds in F, ') colonies. Characteristically feeds by sweeping bill and head from side to side in shallow water, also often swims and upends like a dabbling duck, and picks from the surface of water or mud. Eats, ., small crustaceans, molluscs and insects. Favours shallow alkaline and brackish pools, also coastal.. tiwetlands

About this bird

Breeds in Pakistan and Kutch; widespread winter visitor and passage migrant. Upward kink to black bill. Distinctive black-and - white patterning. Juvenile has brown and buff mottling on mantle a ndscapulars. Gregarious for most of the year; usually breeds in F,') colonies. Characteristically feeds by sweeping bill and head from side to side in shallow water; also often swims and upends like a dabbling duck, and picks from the surface of water or mud. Eats,,.,; small crustaceans, molluscs and insects. Favours shallow alkaline and brackish pools; also coastal.. tiwetlands

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Pied Avocet is bigger than Asian Koel but smaller than Ied Harrier.

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Pied Avocet

Rscurvirostra avossttB

42–45 cm