A grallatorial bird, of the genus Recurvirostra; the scooper.  The bill is long and bend upward toward the tip.  The American species is Recurvirostra Americana.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            long-legged web-footed black-and-white shorebird with slender upward-curving bill 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a type of shore bird with a long, thin beak that points up at the tip