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Black-winged Stilt

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Black-winged Stilt

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Also known as Himantopus himantopus, South African stilt

species of bird

OverviewAI-generated

The Black-winged Stilt, scientifically known as *Himantopus himantopus*, is a species of bird within the family Recurvirostridae. It belongs to the order Charadriiformes, class Aves, and phylum Chordata. The species was originally described by Linnaeus in 1758 and is currently accepted as a valid taxon. It is a diurnal animal that inhabits marine, brackish, and freshwater environments.

This bird has a mass of 160 and an egg incubation period of 25. Its range includes the Nanling Mountains, Africa, and Burkina Faso. The IUCN Red List assessed the species as Least Concern in 2025. Common names for this taxon include Stelzenläufer, Cigüeñuela común, and cames llargues.

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Species

Least Concern

black-winged stilt

Species

  1. PhylumChordata
  2. ClassAves
  3. OrderCharadriiformes
  4. FamilyRecurvirostridae
Habitatmarine, brackish, freshwater

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Himantopus
Mass
160
Image
Himantopus himantopus MHNT.jpg
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taxon rank
species
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern
taxon name
Himantopus himantopus
Commons category
Himantopus himantopus
Commons gallery
Himantopus himantopus
egg incubation period
25
litter size
0
taxon common name
pernilongo-comum
diel cycle
diurnality
short name
H. himantopus
taxon range
Burkina Faso
external data available at URL
www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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Encyclopedic 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. Today, most sources accept between one and four actual species.

Taxonomy

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