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Ibisbill
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family: Ibidorhynchidae
1 species
mountains of central Asia;
ca. 40 cm; bill long, decurved, bright red; legs blood red;
feed along slow moving mountain streams with rounded boulders; feed principally on invertebrates, and/or aquatic vertebrates
sexes similar; monogamous; usually 4 eggs; biparental care.
(Image taken from Hayman, P. J. Marchant, and Tony Prater. Shorebirds. Houghton Mifflin Company: Boston, 1986).