>> GENERAL >>>>>
– unmistakable, medium-sized, long-legged wader
– diurnal/nocturnal migrant
– migrates singly or in small to medium loose flocks
>> VISUAL ID >>>>>
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, AD
BIF3083, 09/06/2014, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
– unmistakable if seen well
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, AD
BIF3084, 10/06/2014, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
– from below largely white with black wing tips
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, AD
BIF3085, 10/06/2014, Dornod, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, AD
BIF3086, 21/06/2016, Tsagaan Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
– pied from above
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, AD
BIF3087, 21/06/2016, Tsagaan Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
BIF3088, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
BIF3089, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
BIF3090, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
BIF3091, 21/06/2016, Tsagaan Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
BIF3090, 21/09/2016, Besh Barmag, Azerbaijan, Michael Heiß
>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>
– very vocal
– single calls or series of calls (perhaps depending on different stages of excitement)
– a rather low frequent, piercing whistle, resembling Black-winged Stilt or Eurasian Oystercatcher
– monophonic with inharmonic partials
– a narrow overslur with two voice breaks (fast changes in frequency)
– detail –
– overview –
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, call in flight
BIF3093, 21/07/2018, Karrendorfer Wiesen, Germany, Patrick Franke
– detail –
– overview –
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, call in flight
Common Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula, call
BIF3094, 21/07/2018, Karrendorfer Wiesen, Germany, Patrick Franke
– detail –
– overview –
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, call in flight
BIF3095, 21/07/2018, Karrendorfer Wiesen, Germany, Patrick Franke
– detail –
– overview –
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, call in flight
BIF3096, 08/06/2013, Tsagaan Nuur, Mongolia, Patrick Franke
– detail –
– overview –
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, call in flight
Eurasian Oystercatcher Haematopus o. ostralegus, call in flight
BIF3097, 30/06/2017, Titchwell, United Kingdom, Patrick Franke
Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta, 50 ind., call in flight
BIF3098, 09/05/2011, Zolotaya Niva, Kazakhstan, Patrick Franke
>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>
visual ID straightforward, if at all confusion only possible with Crab Plover at great distance
Eurasian Oystercatcher (a)
Black-winged Stilt (a)
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