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Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta [Linnaeus, 1758]
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Trends & Distribution
Breeding & Survival
Biometrics
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Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Recurvirostridae
BTO Codes:
AV, AVOCE
EURING No:
4560
Number in Britain:
877 pairs (Summer)
Conservation Status:
UK:
AMBER
European:
Not a species of concern
Global:
Least Concern
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Status in UK:
(A) Migrant/Resident Breeder, Passage/Winter Visitor
Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
44 cm
Wingspan:
78 cm
Weight:
M/F: 280 g
Scientific name from:
L.: recurvus =bent back + rostris =bill
and Venetian name for Avocet
World Distribution:
BREEDS Europe, c Asia, WINTERS to s Africa & s Asia
Habitat:
Mudflats, lagoons, sandy beaches
Diet:
Invertebrates, especially insects, crustaceans, worms; sweeps bill from side to side, prey located by touch
TitBit:
The Avocet colonised Britain when coastal marshes in East Anglia were flooded to provide a defence against possible invasion by the Germans
Population and Distribution
Population Trend:
No population trend available
Distribution:
New Atlas )
British Population Size:
Summer:
877 pairs
in 1997-02
Winter:
3395 individuals
in 1994-99
Passage:
1700 individuals
First Record:
c. 1600
First Breeding Record:
East Anglia (after extinct 1893) 1941
Latest Survey:
Evans, J. (2005) Wader Study Group Bulletin 107:88-90
Conservation Status:
AMBER
because
Localised Breeding Population,
Localised Non-breeding Population,
Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
AMBER
1996-2001
AMBER
Races of Concern:
Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
No habitat data from BBS
European Population Size:
Summer:
37 to 54 thousand pairs
Birds in Europe
Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
WCA(I), WBD(I), Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
Survey Results:
Breeding and Survival
Egg Size:
50 x 35 mm
Egg Weight:
31.7 g (of which 6 % is shell)
Number of Nest Records:
23
Clutch Size:
3 - 4 eggs
Incubation:
23- 25 days
by the:
Male + Female
Fledging:
35 - 42days
as:
Precocial, downy
First Clutches Laid:
Unavailable
Number of Broods:
1
Number Ringed:
61
Adult Survival:
0.780
± 0.050
Juvenile Survival:
0.410 (in First-Year)
Age at First Breeding:
Typical Lifespan:
No data
Maximum Recorded Age:
16yr 1m
(The Netherlands: 27yr 1m)
Biometrics
Ring Size:
E
Wing Length
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Weight
Adult:
Insufficient Data.
Juvenile:
Insufficient Data.
Male:
Insufficient Data
Female:
Insufficient Data
Other Names
Pied Avocet
Gaelic:
Gob-ceàrr
Welsh:
Cambig
Danish:
Klyde
Dutch:
Kluut
Finnish:
Avosetti
French:
Avocette élégante
German:
Säbelschnäbler
Hungarian:
Gulipán
Icelandic:
Bjúgnefja
Irish:
Abhóiséad
Italian:
Avocetta
Norwegian:
Avosett
Polish:
Szablodziób zwyczajny
Portuguese:
Alfaiate
Spanish:
Avoceta
Swedish:
Skärfläcka
For More Information...
Books and Monographs:
IWSG 2005 Avocets breeding in Western Europe: IWSG Workshop 27 September 1999 Wader Study Group Bulletin 107:57-112
Hill, D. 1989 The Avocet Shire Publications, Princes Risborough
[Jour, S.]
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