WoRMS taxon details
Recurvirostra Linnaeus, 1758
marine, terrestrial
Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors 
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Description Size: medium. Plumage: pied; wings long and pointed; outer primary longest. Other characters: neck longish; long, flattened,...
Description Size: medium. Plumage: pied; wings long and pointed; outer primary longest. Other characters: neck longish; long, flattened, finely pointed, sharply up-curved bill with a lamellate structure; slit-like nostrils; long legs with deeply webbed anterior toes; webs notched; vestigial hind toe. <389> [details]
WoRMS (2025). Recurvirostra Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=206181 on 2025-07-15
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1998-08-22 05:35:27Z
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Depew, Lorna
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Nomenclature
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Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. <em>Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm].</em> 1(10) [iii], 824 p., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
[request]basis of record Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. <em>Academic Press, London.</em> [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Description Size: medium. Plumage: pied; wings long and pointed; outer primary longest. Other characters: neck longish; long, flattened, finely pointed, sharply up-curved bill with a lamellate structure; slit-like nostrils; long legs with deeply webbed anterior toes; webs notched; vestigial hind toe. <389> [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ソリハシセイタカシギ属 | [details] |