Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Recurvirostroidea > Family Recurvirostridae > Genus Recurvirostra

Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

RecurvirostraLinnaeus, 1758accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: korana; sqepbiza; sqepshpata këmbëkaltër sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Саблеклюн sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: klyde sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: kluut sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
 English: avocet; Eurasian avocet; pied avocet sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 French: avocette élégante sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Säbelschnäbler sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Ευρωπαϊκή Αβοκέτα sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: סיפן sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: avocetta sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: ソリハシセイタカシギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: avocetė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: Avosett sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: avosett sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: avosett sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: szablodziób sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: ciocântorsul sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: шилоклювка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Scottish Gaelic: abhóiséad sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: sabljarka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: avoceta común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: skärfläcka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: kılıç gaga; kilicgaga; kılıçgaga sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Чоботар; Шилодзьобка

Literature

original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.

basis of record

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212721

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/bf3a91bb-5706-4be4-8c6d-4ceb10ba7480

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, terrestrial

Importance

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Last modified

2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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