American Avocet (Recurvirostra americana)

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Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Recurvirostridae

Body Size: Large
Foraging Guild: Aquatic gleaner/sweeper
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - dry to 12 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Short
Migration Pattern: Not assigned
Dispersion: Moderately dispersed; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 7 spring and 5 fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

Six sites with highest counts (see Appendix for more information):

1. Great Salt Lake area, Utah

2. Lahontan Valley, Nevada, including Carson Lake and Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge

3. Bolivar Flats, Galveston Island, Texas

4. Cheyenne Bottoms Wildlife Management Area, Kansas

5. Humboldt Wildlife Management Area, Nevada

6. Boca Chica Beach, Cameron County, Texas

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