American
Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)
Range: North
America. Breed mainly in western North America from the Pacific coast across
into the Great Plains. Winter in southern US as far south as Mexico and
Guatemala.
Sexing can
be difficuly, although the bills of females are generally shorter and more
strongly curved than the in males.
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