Saturday, December 14, 2013

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Avocets and stilts--Charadriiformes- Recurvirostridae

Recurvirostridae is a family of large wading birds, which includes the avocets and the stilts. The avocets have long legs and long up-curved bills. The stilts have extremely long legs and long, thin, straight bills. There are 2 species, which occur in India.


Black Winged Stilt   Himantopus himantopus. Mt.Abu


Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  Thol Guj



Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus Mt. Abu


Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus  Bera Raj


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