Avocets

Habitat : fresh, blackish or salt waters.

Diet : crustaceans, worms, other invertebrates, small vertebrates.

Breeding : 2.5 (usually 4) black or brown speckled buff or greenish eggs: 22-28 days incubation.

Size : length 30-46cm ; weight 140-435g. Females usually slightly smaller.

Plumage : highly contrasting black and white patterns.


Name the various species of avocet ?

Avocets are wading birds which can be identified by their long, upward-curving beaks. They are handsome birds, with contrasting plumage of black and white. They have long blue-grey legs and a long drak upturned bill.

Avocets truly are waders, feeding in relatively deep water. In deep water they may reach the bottom by upending themselves like ducks. Also as in ducks, their feet are webbed.

Four species of vavocet are found in temperate and tropical regions around the world.

1. Eurasian species

2. American species

3. Australasian species

4. Andean species

most avocets nest in colonies, because of their conspicuous plumage.