Pied avocet - Recurvirostra avosetta

Common Name :	Pied avocet.
Binomial Name :	Recurvirostra avosetta
Family :	Recurvirostridae
Bangla Name :	Ulto thoti.
Photo Taken :	Bangladesh

Pied avocet is a black & white colored bird. It is seen in Bangladesh just before the winter as a visiting bird. Binomial name of the bird is Recurvirostra avosetta. This wader bird belongs to the bird family Recurvirostridae. In Bangladesh this bird is known as "Ulto thoti" for its distinctive outward curvy (or upcurved) beak. This bird is distributed around Europe, Siberia, some part of China, etc. During the breeding season they migrate to Asia, part of Africa, etc.

Primary color of Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is bright white. They have a touch of black at the upper portion of head, and upper portion of wing. They are gregarious bird found wading around the river shore, or wetlands. The beak of the bird is upturned. Both male and female are similar looking.

Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) mainly prey on small insects, crustaceans, worm, etc from the mud or shallow water using their bill scything side to side. They make nest in open ground from scrapping vegetation as mound. A female lays around 3-5 eggs. In Bangladesh this bird is now endangered, but in other parts of the world they are not threatened yet.

Photos of Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) were taken from the following location of Bangladesh.
01. December 2014: Kukri-mukri, Bhola.


This article has written by Lonely Traveler,
for the blog http://icbird.blogspot.com/