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Avdotka
What kind of animal is Avdotka?
The avdotka is a kind of bird that belongs to the family Burhinidae, also known as thick-knees or stone-curlews.
It has a brownish-grey plumage with black and white markings, a large yellow eye, and long legs.
Avdotka is mostly nocturnal and feeds on insects, worms, snails, and small vertebrates.
This bird is found in open habitats such as grasslands, steppes, and semi-deserts across Eurasia and Africa.
Avdotka is also known for its loud and distinctive call, which sounds like a trill or a whistle.
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Where does the Avdotka live?
The Avdotka is a bird that lives in Eurasia, North and Central Africa.
It prefers semi-deserts, steppes, savannas near the sea and river shores.
It is a resident species in some countries, such as the Canary Islands, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Egypt and Tunisia.
In other places, it migrates seasonally.
For example, it breeds in Turkey, Ukraine, Russia and China, and winters in Mali, Senegal, Mauritania and the Red Sea coast.
The Avdotka is a beautiful and graceful bird with a brown and black striped plumage, a yellow beak and legs, and large round eyes.
It is also known as the thick-knee because of its prominent knee joint.
It is a nocturnal bird that hunts insects, worms, snails and small vertebrates at night, and rests in a hidden spot during the day.
The Avdotka is a rare and elusive bird that is not easy to spot in the wild.
It is also threatened by habitat loss, hunting and predation.
It is listed as near threatened by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.