A photo of a Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
Pied Stilt

Pied Stilt

Himantopus leucocephalus

The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae). Adults are 33–36 cm long. They have long pink legs, a long thin black bill and are blackish above and white below, with a white head and neck with a varying amount of black. Males have a black back, often with greenish gloss. Females' backs have a brown hue, contrasting with the black remiges. In the populations that have the top of the head normally white at least in winter, females tend to have less black on head and neck all year round, while males often have much black, particularly in summer. This difference is not clear-cut, however, and males usually get all-white heads in winter. Immature birds are grey instead of black and have a markedly sandy hue on the wings, with light feather fringes appearing as a whitish line in flight.
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Brendan Fischer
Wednesday 15 Mar 2023 - 12:30am
Australia
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Will Leedham
Tuesday 17 Jan 2023 - 11:02am
India
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Will Leedham
Tuesday 17 Jan 2023 - 7:34am
India
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Royce Marcus
Wednesday 21 Sep 2022 - 3:32pm
Australia
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