Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
English (US) Black-winged Stilt
The Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) 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 from southern Europe, and Cape Verde Islands, northern and sub-Saharan Africa, Socotra, and coastal Madagascar eastward to southeastern Russia, eastern China, south-central Japan, Taiwan, east-central Philippines, southward to northern Middle East, Sri Lanka, Malayan Peninsula, eastward to western Java; winters to Greater Sundas and PhilippinesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Himantopus himantopus
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Not Evaluated
- English (US)
- Black-winged Stilt
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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- First described as
- Charadrius Himantopus
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
- Type locality
- Southern Europe.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.151
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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