Avocet Facts Review

The Avocet is a species of wading birds that can be found in the marshes in the warmer climates of the world. There are four different types of avocets, which are the avocet American avocet, the Red-necked Avocet Andean Avocet.
The avocet is usually found in watery habitats near the coast, including swamps, wetlands and marshes. The exact habitat of avocets depends on how the avocet is in Europe and Asia, American avocet is located on the Pacific coast of North America, Red-necked Avocet is avocet in Australia and the Andes found native high nesting in the Andes.

The Avocet is a bird very striking appearance due to the fact that the avocet has long, thin beak upturned sweeping from side to side on the side of the water to catch food. Like other shorebirds avocets have long legs and webbed to assist in hunting in the shallows feet.

The Avocet is a relatively large and powerful species of birds that frequent reports to intimidate other birds left in place. Avocets are relatively gregarious birds often can be seen flying, hunting, migration and nest in large swarms are.

The Avocet is a carnivore and feeds primarily on insects and other small invertebrates to survive. Avocet feeding on small fish, crustaceans and even the odd amphibians when they hunt in water.

Because of its relatively large size, the avocet has a limited number of predators in their natural environment with dogs, cats, stoats and weasels, the main predators of the avocet chicks and eggs.

Avocet are known to breed in open areas, usually near water. The female lays about avocet 4 eggs, which are incubated by both parents until they hatch a month later. Avocet chicks are cared for by both parents until they fledge (fly away from the nest) at 4-6 weeks of age.

Today the avocet seems to be mainly in the UK, where extensive conservation work has to try to build the avocet population after his death has been done in the UK in the 1800s thrive. Today the avocet is also the logo of the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds).

Avocet data

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Recurvirostridae
Genre: Recurvirostra
Scientific name: Recurvirostra
Type: Birds
Diet: Carnivore
Size (L): 42cm - 45cm (16 inches - 18 inches)
Wingspan: 77cm - 80cm (30 inches - 32 inches)
Weight: 140 g - 400 g (5 oz - 14 oz)
Maximum speed: 40 km / h (25 mph)
Life expectancy: 10 - 15 years
Lifestyle: Crowd
Conservation Status: Endangered
Color: White, Black
Skin type: springs
Food: insects
Habitat: temperate wetlands
The average clutch size: 4
Main prey insects. Fish, crustaceans
Predators: dogs, cats, Stouts
Special features: Very long curved beak and distinctive plumage