Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus - Échasse blanche

Systematics

Order
:
Charadriiformes
Family
:
Récurvirostridés
Genus
:
Himantopus
Species
:
himantopus

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics

Size
: 40 cm
Wingspan
: 67 à 83 cm.
Weight
: 160 à 200 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a species of bird in the Recurvirostridae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

Échasse blanche,
Cigüeñuela común,
pernilongo-comum,
Stelzenläufer,
gólyatöcs,
Steltkluut,
Cavaliere d'Italia,
styltlöpare,
Stylteløper,
šišila bocianovitá,
pisila čáponohá,
Stylteløber,
pitkäjalka,
Rooipootelsie,
cames llargues,
Háleggur,
szczudłak (zwyczajny),
garstilbis,
polojnik,
Ходулочник,
セイタカシギ,
黑翅长脚鹬,
นกตีนเทียน,
高蹺鴴〔黑翅長腳鷸〕,

Voice song and cries

play
pause

Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Strea

ms/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Permanent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes, Seasonal/Intermittent Saline, Brackish or alkaline Lakes and Flats ; Marine Neritic : Estuaries ; Marine Intertidal : Mud Flats and Salt Flats ; Marine Coastal/Supratidal : Coastal Brackish/Saline Lagoons/Marine Lakes, Coastal Freshwater Lakes ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Irrigated Land (includes irrigation channels), Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Illustration

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Sources of information

IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.

Other sources of interest