American Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyRecurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
- GenusRecurvirostra (Avocets)
- SpeciesRecurvirostra americana (American Avocet)
Closest Relatives at Banff National Park
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus
Ancient Murrelet
Synthliboramphus antiquus
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
California Gull
Larus californicus
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
American Herring Gull
Larus smithsonianus
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of American Avocet at Banff National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there