Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Avocets and Stilts :: Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Common Stilt, Pied Stilt, South African Stilt, Ceylon Stilt, Sri Lanka Stilt
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Aug 17, 2003 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Mar 28, 2004 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Jul 22, 2004 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Mar 25, 2005 © William Hull  Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Mar 25, 2005 © William Hull 
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Range

Palearctic, Ethiopian, and Oriental Regions;
Fragmented distribution;
S. and c. Europe (Portugal, Spain, France, Greece (estuaries of the Acheloos River and Evinos River), Hungary, and Bulgaria (Poda Lagoon on the Black Sea) e. across Russia, s. Ukraine, Transcaucasus, Volga-Ural steppes, Lake Balkhash, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, India (Maharashtra and w. Bengal), and Sri Lanka (Chilaw n. and around to the s., Hambantota District (Yala National Park)) to Bangladesh, w. and c. China, Burma, Indochina, Japan (Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba) and Taiwan. Sub-Saharan Africa in Senegambia, Mali, Burkina Faso, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon, Gabon, Central African Republic, Zaire, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Namibia, Botswana, South Africa (sw. Cape Province, s. Transvaal, and Natal), and Madagascar.
Formerly nw. Egypt.

Videos

Tokyo Port Wild Bird Park, Tokyo, Japan - Aug 5, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Aug 26, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Yatsu Higata Nature Observation Center, Chiba, Japan - Aug 26, 2001 Source: William Hull
Description: None

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: Massaciuccolis Oasis
Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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