The stilt avocet (Himantopus himantopus) ishiri ine makumbo marefu-refu inofamba mumhuri yeavocet (Recurvirostridae). Shiri iyi inowanikwa muThailand uye inogona kuonekwa munzvimbo dzine matoro kubva kuminda yemupunga kusvika kumapurazi emunyu. Chero ani zvake anotyaira chero kupi zvako akatenderedza Central Plains anogona kuona shiri.
Shiri iyi ine makumbo akareba, epingi (inenge hafu yehurefu hwose), minhenga mitema nechena uye muromo wakareba wakatwasuka wetsono. Iyo jasi nemapapiro zvitema, musoro nekorona zvakachena (kazhinji grey muvarume). Varume vatema kupfuura vakadzi, kunyanya muzhizha. Vanhukadzi vanowanzova neruvara rwebrown. Shiri diki dzakafanana nevakuru, asi rutivi rwepamusoro rwakasvibira uye makumbo ane tsvina yepingi kana greyish.
Pakubhururuka, makumbo anobuda kunze kwemuswe uye mapapiro matema ezasi anosiyana zvakanyanya nemuviri jena. Paanenge asiri kufamba mumvura, anofanira kukotama zvakadzika kuti atore zvokudya. Chikafu cheBlack-winged Stilt chine zvipembenene, hozhwa nemakonye.
Clutch iyi ine matatu kusvika mana grey-brown-yellow kusvika kune jecha-ruvara, mazai akaita sepear ane pepuru underspots ane makwapa matema. Shiri iyi inoberekera mumachakwi ane mvura yakachena, pedyo nemadziva nemapani enzizi akazara, muminda yenhokwe uye dzimwe nguva mumapani emunyu.
Mhango iyi inowanikwa seshiri inobereka kuFrance, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey neAfrica. Zvakare kuMadagascar uye nzvimbo huru dzeCentral neEast Asia, India neSri Lanka neIndochina. Shiri dzinobva kuEurope neCentral Asia munguva yechando muAfrica neSouth Asia neIndia Archipelago.
