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Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Recurvirostridae

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Recurvirostra americana (Gmelin 1789)—American AvocetPleistocene regional distribution of Recurvirostra americana

American Avocet

Fig. 1. American Avocet in breeding plumage. US Fish & Wildlife Service photograph.

Sites.

Mid Wisconsin: McKittrick (Jefferson 1991a).

Mid/Late Wisconsin: Rancho La Brea (Stock and Harris 1992).

Late Wisconsin: Skylight Cave (Emslie 1988).

Late Wisconsin/Holocene: Schuiling Cave (Jefferson 1991a); Stanton's Cave (Rea and Hargrave 1984).

Literature. Emslie 1988; Jefferson 1991a; Rea and Hargrave 1984; Stock and Harris 1992.

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Last Update: 20 May 2014