American avocet

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The American avocet is a long-legged wading bird of wetlands and shallow waters, recognized by its upturned bill and striking black-and-white plumage with rust-colored head and neck in breeding season.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
American avocet canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bird species ⓘ
wader ⓘ
binomialName Recurvirostra americana ⓘ
breedingPlumageColor black-and-white body ⓘ
rust-colored head and neck ⓘ
breedsIn central North America ⓘ
western North America ⓘ
class Aves ⓘ
clutchSize 3–4 eggs ⓘ
commonName American avocet ⓘ
conservationStatusSystem IUCN Red List ⓘ
diet aquatic invertebrates ⓘ
crustaceans ⓘ
insects ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
distribution Canada ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
United States ⓘ
eggColor pale with dark spots ⓘ
family Recurvirostridae ⓘ
foragingBehavior sweeps bill side-to-side in shallow water ⓘ
genus Recurvirostra ⓘ
linked to: Recurvirostridae
habitat marshes ⓘ
mudflats ⓘ
salt ponds ⓘ
shallow lakes ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
hasConservationStatus Least Concern ⓘ
hasMorphologicalFeature long legs ⓘ
long neck ⓘ
upturned bill ⓘ
webbed feet ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
migrationPattern migratory ⓘ
nativeTo North America ⓘ
nestLocation open ground near water ⓘ
nestType ground nest ⓘ
nonBreedingPlumageColor black-and-white body ⓘ
grayish head and neck ⓘ
order Charadriiformes ⓘ
socialBehavior often forms flocks ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
threats habitat loss ⓘ
wetland degradation ⓘ
vocalization loud, high-pitched calls ⓘ
wintersIn Central America ⓘ
Mexico ⓘ
southern United States ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lake Abert → birdHabitatFor → American avocet ⓘ
American avocet → commonName → American avocet ⓘ
Malheur Lake → habitatFor → American avocet ⓘ