Pied Avocet ( Recurvirostra avosetta ) |
Description |
Photograph (click on the image to increase it) |
Various |
Of the size of a pigeon. Paws grey - blue. The plumages of two sexes almost have the same aspect in winter and in summer. The immature, until first winter, are white and pale brown with black feather. it has a curved beak upward. |
|
The Pied Avocet walks in big step, it remains often put on a single paw, it often swims and can dive if necessary. Under the water it trots by means of the wings. it pushes a piercing cry of alarm. " Tuut " |
Habitat : | The Pied Avocet is bound to the salt water. When a stretch of water loses its salinity, it goes away. it nests in lagoons, muddy bays, salty or brackish lakes. |
Food : | Small shellfishes, and micro-organisms |
Size : | 16.548 inch (42-46 cm) |
Weight : 250-400 g |
Wing span : 26.398 inch (67-77 cm) |