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

Identification

Échasse blanche
♂ adult plum. breeding
Échasse blanche
♀ adult plum. breeding

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

Habitat

Échasse blanche
adult plum. breeding

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

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

QRcode Échasse blanche
published: - Updated: 18-10-2010
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