Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) incubating eggs. This large wader is a migratory bird whose breeding habitat is in shallow, brackish waters in te

---

Pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) incubating eggs. This large wader is a migratory bird whose breeding habitat is in shallow, brackish waters in temperate Eurasia. It migrates to Africa or southern Asia in winter and feeds mainly on crustaceans and insects.

---

Size: 5669px × 3784px
Photo credit: © BRIAN GADSBY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, 1, africa, african, animal, avocet, avosetta, behaviour, biological, biology, bird, breeding, care, coast, egg, eggs, fauna, incubating, migrant, migratory, nature, nest, nesting, nurture, ornithological, ornithology, parenting, pied, recurvirostra, recurvirostridae, reproduction, reproductive, sea, single, wader, water, wildlife, zoological, zoology