noun. Any of several long-legged shorebirds of the genus Recurvirostra, characterized by a long, slender, upturned beak.

noun. See avoset.

noun. A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper. The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip. The American species is Recurvirostra Americana.

noun. Any of four species of wading birds in the genus Recurvirostra, of the family Recurvirostridae, with long, slender recurved bills, long legs, and webbed feet.

noun. long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill

"Other waterbirds found on Lake Eyasi include yellowbilled stork Mycteria ibis, African spoonbill Platalea alba, avocet Recurvirostra avosetta and greyheaded gull Larus cirrocephalus."

stilt  

avoset  

American avocet  Andean avocet  Recurvirostra americana  Recurvirostra andina  Recurvirostra avosetta  

limicoline bird  shore bird  shorebird  

avocette