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avocetta

● French Avocette avocet (syn. Avocettula recurvirostris).
● Subsequent spelling (Linnaeus 1766) of specific name Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758 (“The specific name is spelt by Linnaeus with an “s” in the 10^th edition and with a “c” in the 12^th. The latter is obviously correct, and we may accept Linnaeus’ own correction” (BOU 1915)).

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Avocetta

(Recurvirostridae; syn. Recurvirostra † Pied Avocet R. avosetta) French Avocette  avocet; "Rostro edentulo   ...   Gracili, longissimo, horizontaliter compresso, sursum arcuato . . . . . Avocetta. Genus 114.   ...   Genus Avocettæ.  Le genre de l'Avocette.   ...   ** 1. L'AVOCETTE  ... AVOCETTA."  (Brisson 1760): based on "Avocetta", "Avosetta" and "Recurvirostra" of older authors, and specific name Recurvirostra Avosetta Linnaeus, 1758; "Avocetta Brisson, 1760, Ornithologie, I, p. 60: VI, p. 537.  Type, by tautonymy, "L'Avocette" Brisson =  Recurvirostra avosetta Linnaeus, 1758" (JAJ 2019).   
Var. Avosetta.

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