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title: "Alfaiate-de-pescoço-pardo"
description: "Recurvirostra americana — Aves. The American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae, found in North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/american-avocet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Alfaiate-de-pescoço-pardo

> Recurvirostra americana — Aves. The American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae, found in North America.

- Scientific name: *Recurvirostra americana*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios)
- iNaturalist observations: 43058
- Wikidata: [Q469992](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469992)
- iNaturalist taxon: [4885](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/4885)

## Names

- en: American Avocet
- de: Amerikanischer Säbelschnäbler
- es: Avoceta americana
- fr: Avocette d'Amérique
- nl: Amerikaanse kluut
- pt: Alfaiate-de-pescoço-pardo
- pl: Szablodziób amerykański

## Countries with the most observations

US (33460), MX (4987), CA (3427), SV (18), CU (12), CR (11), HN (9), NI (9), BZ (8), GT (7), KY (5), PA (4)

## Summary

The American avocet (Recurvirostra americana) is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae, found in North America. It spends much of its time foraging in shallow water or on mud flats, often sweeping its bill from side to side in water as it seeks crustacean and insect prey.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_avocet

## Photo

![Alfaiate-de-pescoço-pardo](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/american-avocet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Chrissy McClarren and Andy Reago · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/138737497

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/american-avocet?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).