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References

• Alden, P. 1999. National Audubon Society, Field Guide to the Southwestern States 1st Edition. New York: Random House.
• American Ornithologists's Union. 1998. Check-List of North American Birds (The Species of Birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, Including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands). 7th.ed.. Allen Press, Inc., Lawrence, Kansas, U.S.A..
• BBL - Longevity Records of North American Birds (Online source)
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes. 2003. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada
• Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79
• BirdLife International 2009. Recurvirostra americana
• Brown, S. 1999. "American Avocet" (On-line). Great Salt Lake Playa Foodweb Project. Accessed February 24, 2004 at http://people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/tharrison/gslplaya99/avocet.htm.
• Delgado, R.; R.G. Campos; J. Sánchez y Ch. Gómez. 1998. Lista de Aves de Costa Rica/ Checklist of Costa Rican Birds. ASOCIACION ORNITOLOGICA DE COSTA RICA. San José. Costa Rica. 28 p..
• Elizondo, L.H. 1992. Especies de Aves Migratorias Neárticas en Costa Rica. Base de Datos de Biodiversidad, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio). Santo Domingo, Heredia. Costa Rica. 6 p. (mimeografiado).
• Gill, Frank, and Minturn Wright. 2006. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. ix + 259
• Hayman, P., J. Marchant, T. Prater. 1986. Shorebirds: an indentification guide to the waders of the world. London: Croom Helm, Ltd.
• Klimkiewicz, M. 2002. "Longevity Records of North American Birds. Version 2002.1. Patuxent Wildlife Research Center. Bird Banding Laboratory. Laurel MD." (On-line). Accessed 02/19/04 at http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbl/.
• Lewis, T.J. & F.G. Stiles.1980. Locational checklist of the birds of Costa Rica. Costa Rica Expeditions. San José, Costa Rica.
• Nethersole-Thompson, D. 1986. Waders, their breeding, haunts and watchers. Staffordshire, England: T & AD Poyser, Ltd.
• Sibley, Ch. and B. Monroe, Jr.. 1990. Distribution and Taxonomy of Birds of the World. Yale University Press. New Haven & London. 1111 p.
• Slud, P. 1964. The birds of Costa Rica: Distribution and Ecology. Bulletin of The American Museum of Natural History 128: 5-430
• Stiles, F.G. & A. F.Skutch. 1995. Guía de Aves de Costa Rica.Traducción al Español: Loretta Rosselli. Ilustrado por Dana Gardner. Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (INBio). Heredia, Costa Rica. 580 p.
• Stiles, F.G. 1983. Checklist of birds. Pp. 530-544, In: D.H. Janzen (ed.). Costa Rican Natural History. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.
• Stiles,F.G. y S. Smith. 1977. New Information on Costa Rican Waterbirds. The Condor 79: 91-97.