Red-necked Avocet

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Longreach Waterhole, Elliott, N NT IMG_1543 20180718 - female.

Notes: Neatly pied body plumage w. deep rufous head & neck. Slender upcurved bill, slightly
shorter & more upcurved in outer half for female. Pale grey legs. White wings w. big black panels
in scapulars, wing-coverts & primaries. Salt & freshwater (mainly inland) wetlands.
Common. Sociable.

Range from Morcombe^©(modified)

Lake Merdeduke, Vic IMG_5315 20170122 - white wings w. black panels.

Cameron's Corner, FNE SA IMG_8933 20170529 - male on left, nearer; female (bill shorter, more up-curved)
on right, leading.

Longreach Waterhole, Elliott, N NT IMG_1550 20180718

Cameron's Corner, FNE SA IMG_8886 20170529 - male

Lake Merderduke, Vic IMG_5529 20170123 - female

Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic MVI_7554 20181218

Western Treatment Plant, Werribee, S Vic MVI_9558 20230417 - foraging in deeper water.

Cameron's Corner, NE SA MVI_8894 20170529