Talk:Avocet

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Now, are these the birds known as "lawyer birds"? --Max power 20:51, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

The name derives from the Dutch for a lawyer because of their black and white plumage - never heard it in English though. jimfbleak 07:08, 11 December 2006 (UTC)