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Andean avocet

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Also known as: Recurvirostra andina

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description and range

In avocet
The Andean avocet (R. andina), with a primarily white body, black back and wings, is confined to alkali lakes of the high Andes. The red-necked, or Australian, avocet (R. novaehollandiae) is black and white with red-brown head and neck.
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