Birds of the World

    CHARADRIIFORMES: Recurvirostridae (Stilts, Avocets)  
Genus: Himantopus (5 species)


Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Range: PAL, AF, OR: coastal and inland s to ec Europe, Sal (ne Cape Verde Is., s Macaronesia, w of nw Africa); n and Sub-Saharan Africa, Socotra, and coastal Madagascar; through sw Russia, Kazakhstan and Mongolia to se Russia, ne, e China, locally Honshu and Shikoku (sc Japa
Marievale Nature Reserve, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Pied Stilt
Pied Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
Range: OR, AU: local c, s Philippines, Indonesian Arch., New Guinea region, Australia, New Zealand, ne New Britain (se Bismarck Arch.)
Hexham Swamp, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info


White-backed Stilt
White-backed Stilt (Himantopus melanurus)
Range: SA: inland ec Peru, c Bolivia and se Brazil to sc Chile and sc Argentina
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil  
   
Photograph by Cláudio D. Timm     Copyright and usage info

Can only be confused with the Black-necked Stilt of the northern hemisphere. Ranges don't overlap unless one goes too far north or south.


Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus)
Range: NA, MA, SA, PO: coastal and inland w, s, se USA to sw Peru, Galápagos and ne Brazil; also Hawaiian Is.
Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Can only be confused with the White-backed Stilt of the southern hemisphere. Ranges don't overlap unless one goes too far north or south.
On nest.

Black Stilt
Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) Critically Endangered
Range: AU: c South I. (New Zealand)
New Zealand  
 
Photograph by JJ Harrison     Copyright and usage info



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