Pied avocet: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the pied avocet lives – recorded in 57 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Recurvirostra avosetta
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	57 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe
Mass	31.7 g (birth weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Recurvirostridae

Where does the pied avocet live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the pied avocet in 57 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and Europe. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a pied avocet?

Wikidata records the following for the pied avocet: mass 31.7 g (birth weight).

Is the pied avocet endangered?

The pied avocet’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the pied avocet?

The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Recurvirostridae, genus Recurvirostra. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the pied avocet

The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a species of wader in the Recurvirostridae family, the only member of the avocet genus Recurvirostra found in Europe, Africa, and Asia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Pied avocet (revision 1374096719), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q26147 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).