Pied Avocet

 The 𝐩𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐭 (𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚) is a  𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 and 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫 in the 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐭 and 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲, 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐞. They 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐝 in 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞 and 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 the 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐜 to 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚 then on to the 𝐑𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐬𝐭. It is a 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 and 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 in 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 or 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚. Some remain to 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 in the 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 of their 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞, for example in 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐒𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧 and 𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝. The pied avocet is 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 to which the 𝐀𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧-𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐢𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬 (𝐀𝐄𝐖𝐀) 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝐀𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐬 have 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞 except for a 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐜𝐚𝐩 and 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 in the 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 and on the 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤. They have 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐮𝐩𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 and 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠, 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬.It is 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟒𝟏.𝟗–𝟒𝟓.𝟏 𝐜𝐦 in 𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡 of which the 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥 is 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟕.𝟓–𝟖.𝟓 𝐜𝐦 and the 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 are 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟕.𝟔–𝟏𝟎.𝟐 𝐜𝐦.Its 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐧 is 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝟕𝟔–𝟖𝟎 𝐜𝐦. 𝐌𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 and 𝐟𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞.

These birds 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 in 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 or on 𝐦𝐮𝐝 𝐟𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐬, often 𝐬𝐜𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 from 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 in 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 (a 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 that is 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞 to the 𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐭𝐬). They mainly 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬 and 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬.