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The distinctive Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) is an endemic shorebird and the only avocet species in Australia. With its dark chestnut red head and neck, a characteristic thin, upturned beak, white eye-rings and pale bluish long legs, they wonderful to see in flight over water.
Red-necked Avocets (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae), Alice Springs Sewage Ponds, NT
Red-necked Avocets (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) 
Red-necked Avocets (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae) 
Red-necked Avocets (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Aves
- Order: Charadriiformes
- Family: Recurvirostridae
- Genus: Recurvirostra
- Species: R. novaehollandiae
- Binomial name: Recurvirostra novaehollandia
Red-necked Avocet (Recurvirostra novaehollandiae)