Black-winged Stilt: Adult, in a zoo

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Birds (Aves)

Order:

Coastal Birds (Charadriiformes)

Family:

Wader (Recurvirostridae)

Species:

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

This Photo:

Adult, in a zoo

Synonym:

Himantopus leucocephalus

Other name:

Pied Stilt

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA and possibly elsewhere

This species is classed as

VU (Vulnerable)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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