Pied Avocet

Pied Avocet flying nearby.
Pied Avocet, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 18, 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 500; f/10; 1/1000 sec.

This page is for the Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta).

Three Pied Avocets coming in for a landing on the water.
Pied Avocet, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 18, 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 500; f/11; 1/1000 sec.
Nearly two dozen Pied Avocets flying nearby.
Pied Avocet, Salt Pans, Skala Kallonis, Lesvos, Greece, April 18, 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 320; f/10; 1/1000 sec.
Two Pied Avocets standing on a small island. A Common Tern is standing on a smaller rock nearby.
Pied Avocet, Salt Pans East Track, Lesvos, Greece, April 20, 2026
Canon EOS R5 with Canon 100-500 mm L-series lens with 1.4x teleconverter; 700 mm; ISO 400; f/11; 1/640 sec.