Birds of the World - Himantopus


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
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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
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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
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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 (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
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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 (Himantopus novaezelandiae) Critically Endangered Range: AU: c South I. (New Zealand) New Zealand
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