Family Recurvirostridae: Stilts and Avocets

  1. RARE (Annual or probably annual in small numbers; most such species occur at the  perimeter of Alaska, in season; a few are scarce residents)
  2. CASUAL (Not annual; these species are beyond the periphery of annual range, but recur in Alaska at irregular intervals, usually in seasonal and regional patterns)
  3. ACCIDENTAL (One or two Alaska records)
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (3)
American Avocet Recurvirostra americana (2)

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Last updated: August 15, 2007