Class Aves
Order Charadriiformes
Family Recurvirostridae
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.
Last Update: 20 May 2014