Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyRecurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
- GenusRecurvirostra (Avocets)
- SpeciesRecurvirostra avosetta (Pied Avocet)
Closest Relatives at Kaziranga National Park
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
River Tern
Sterna aurantia
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ 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
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Pied Avocet in Kaziranga National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Pied Avocet sighting in Kaziranga National Park, based on 157 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pied Avocet in Kaziranga National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Pied Avocet in Kaziranga National Park in our monthly data.