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Andean avocet, the Glossary

The Andean avocet (Recurvirostra andina) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt bird family, Recurvirostridae.^[1]

19 relations: Alkali, American avocet, Andes, Argentina, Avocet, Bird, Bird migration, Black-winged stilt, Bolivia, Chile, Christian Ludwig Landbeck, Crustacean, Insect, Peru, Plumage, Recurvirostridae, Rodolfo Amando Philippi, Stilt, Wader.
Birds of the Andes
Recurvirostra
Taxa named by Christian Ludwig Landbeck

Alkali

In chemistry, an alkali (from lit) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal.

American avocet

The American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae, found in North America. Andean avocet and american avocet are Recurvirostra.

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Andes

The Andes, Andes Mountains or Andean Mountain Range are the longest continental mountain range in the world, forming a continuous highland along the western edge of South America.

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Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America.

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Avocet

The four species of avocets are a genus, Recurvirostra, of waders in the same avian family as the stilts. Andean avocet and avocet are Recurvirostra.

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Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.

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Bird migration

Bird migration is a seasonal movement of birds between breeding and wintering grounds that occurs twice a year.

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Black-winged stilt

The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed, very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family Recurvirostridae.

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Bolivia

Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in western-central South America.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Christian Ludwig Landbeck

Christian Ludwig (Luis) Landbeck (11 December 1807 – 3 September 1890) was a German ornithologist.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.

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Insect

Insects (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates of the class Insecta.

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Peru

Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon River.

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Plumage

Plumage is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers.

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Recurvirostridae

The Recurvirostridae are a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii.

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Rodolfo Amando Philippi

Rodolfo Amando (or Rudolph Amandus) Philippi (14 September 1808 – 23 July 1904) was a German–Chilean paleontologist and zoologist.

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Stilt

Stilt is a common name for several species of birds in the family Recurvirostridae, which also includes those known as avocets.

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Wader

A flock of Dunlins and Red knots Waders or shorebirds are birds of the order Charadriiformes commonly found wading along shorelines and mudflats in order to forage for food crawling or burrowing in the mud and sand, usually small arthropods such as aquatic insects or crustaceans.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andean_avocet

Also known as Recurvirostra andina.