The Pied Avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta), a rare migratory bird, was seen and recorded during the conduct of the Asian Waterbird Census in Barangay Latasan, E.B. Magalona, Negros Occidental on Jan. 17. It was the first record of the species in the island and in Western Visayas, said Forester Rosie Pablico, chief of the Conservation and Development Section of the Negros Occidental Environment and Natural Resources Office.

Rare migratory bird’s first sighting in WV. (2023, February 2). Panay News, p. 4.