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.

plural of avocet

plural of pied avocet

Recurvirostra avosetta, a black and white wading bird of temperate Europe and western and central Asia, wintering in Africa and south Asia.

plural of mountain avocetbill

Opisthoprora euryptera, a hummingbird of South America.