Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta)
Pied avocet ( Recurvirostra avosetta ) SSBS Agra Uttar Pradesh February 19 Nikon Gears This is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae . They breed in temperate Europe and across the Palearctic to Central Asia then on to the Russian Far East . It is a migratory species and most winter in Africa or southern Asia. Some remain to winter in the mildest parts of their range, for example in southern Spain and southern England.