Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus): Photos, Range and Facts

Overview

The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed, very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family Recurvirostridae. Its scientific name, Himantopus himantopus, is sometimes used to generalize a single, almost cosmopolitan species. Alternatively, it is restricted to the form that is widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa, which equals the nominate group of H. himantopus sensu lato. Meanwhile, the black-necked (H. mexicanus) and white-backed stilts (H. melanurus) both inhabit the Americas; the pied stilt (H. leucocephalus) ranges from Australia and New Zealand.

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Range and habitat

Breeds from southern Europe, and Cape Verde Islands, northern and sub-Saharan Africa, Socotra, and coastal Madagascar eastward to southeastern Russia, eastern China, south-central Japan, Taiwan, east-central Philippines, southward to northern Middle East, Sri Lanka, Malayan Peninsula, eastward to western Java; winters to Greater Sundas and Philippines.

Black-winged Stilt

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