What is Red-necked avocet?
{{Speciesbox | image =Recurvirostra novaehollandiae in flight - Lake Joondalup.jpg | status = LC | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22693720/93419069 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title=Red-necked avocet: ''Recurvirostra novaehollandiae'' |author1=BirdLife International |accessdate=September 11, 2021 |volume= 2016 |page=e.T22693720A93419069 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693720A93419069.en}}</ref> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Recurvirostra novaehollandiae | authority =(Vieillot, 1816) | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref= }} The '''red-necked avocet''' (''Recurvirostra novaehollandiae'') is a bird in the family [[Recurvirostridae]]. It lives in many parts of [[Australia]], not far from the coast.<ref name=Gov>{{cite journal|publisher=Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Water, and the Enviornment|accessdate=September 11, 2021|url=http://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?showprofile=Y&taxon_id=871|journal=Species Profile and Threats Database|title=Recurvirostra novaehollandiae — Red-necked Avocet}}</ref><ref name=BLA>{{cite web|url=https://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/red-necked-avocet|accessdate=September 15, 2021|publisher=Birdlife Australia|title=Red-necked Avocet|archive-date=September 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915203428/https://www.birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/red-necked-avocet|url-status=dead}}</ref> It also lived in [[New Zealand]] in the 1800s, but people have not seen it there for a long time.<ref name=NZBO>{{cite web|url=https://nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/red-necked-avocet|publisher=New Zealand Birds Online|accessdate=September 15, 2021|title=Red-necked avocet: ''Recurvirostra novaehollandiae'' Vieillot, 1816}}</ref> ==Appearance== This bird has a red-brown head and neck. The rest of its body has white feathers except for the bars on the wings and two stripes on the back. Unlike many other shorebirds, this bird's bill curves upward instead o