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  • Himantopus

    Himantopus is a bird genus commonly known as stilt in the family Recurvirostridae.
    The generic name Himantopus comes from the Ancient Greek meaning "strap-leg".

    1/ Black-winged stilt (Cà kheo, Himantopus himantopus)

  • Recurvirostra

    The genus name comes from Latin recurvus, 'curved backwards' and rostrum, 'bill'.

    1/ Pied avocet (Cà kheo mỏ cong, Recurvirostra avosetta)

  • Recurvirostridae

    The Recurvirostridae are a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii in the bird order Charadriiformes. 
    It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets (one genus) and the stilts (two genera).

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