Banded Stilt
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus(Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
English (US) Banded Stilt
The Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds inland salt lakes of southwestern and south-central Australia; non-breeders reach southern Australia (including Tasmania)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cladorhynchus leucocephalus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Banded Stilt
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
No guides listed yet for Banded Stilt
Be the first expert to offer guided tours for this species.
Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Recurvirostra leucocephala
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1816)
- Type locality
- 'Terres Australes' = Victoria, apud Mathews.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 3 p.103
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
Other species of the family Stilts and Avocets
Looking for a different species?