Stilts and Avocets

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

Species in this family

• Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
• Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
• Pied Stilt Himantopus leucocephalus
• Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
• Black Stilt Himantopus novaezelandiae
• American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
• Andean Avocet Recurvirostra andina
• Pied Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta
• Red-necked Avocet Recurvirostra novaehollandiae

Lookalikes compared

• Black-necked Stilt vs American Avocet
• Black-winged Stilt vs Black-necked Stilt
• Black-winged Stilt vs Pied Avocet
• Black-winged Stilt vs Pied Stilt
• Pied Stilt vs Banded Stilt
• Pied Stilt vs Black-necked Stilt
• Pied Stilt vs Red-necked Avocet