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Scything the bill from side to side in the water in search for small invertebrates is a typical feeding technique for the Pied avocet.

Photo taken in NE Dobruja in early August.

 

Latin name: Recurvirostra avosetta

German name: Säbelschnäbler

French name: Avocette élégante

Romanian name: Ciocintors