Family
Recurvirostridae (Stilts and avocets)
Recurvirostra americana. Photo: (c) C.V. Vick, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND)
The Recurvirostridae are a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets (one genus) and the stilts (two genera).
- Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
- Family: Recurvirostridae (Stilts and avocets)
- Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds and allies)
- Class: Aves (Birds)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (Vertebrates)
- Phylum: Chordata (Chordates)
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
