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 Monfragüe National Park
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Black-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus ridibundus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Gull-billed Tern
Gelochelidon nilotica
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Larus fuscus
European Golden Plover
Pluvialis apricaria
Eurasian Stone-curlew
Burhinus oedicnemus
Jack Snipe
Lymnocryptes minimus
📅 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 Monfragüe National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Pied Avocet sighting in Monfragüe National Park, based on 12 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Pied Avocet in Monfragüe National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Pied Avocet in Monfragüe National Park in our monthly data.