Pied stilt
Species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Pied stilt?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
This article is about the species of stilt found across Australasia. For the species of stilt which occurs in Africa and Eurasia, see Black-winged stilt.
The pied stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus), also known as the white-headed stilt, is a shorebird in the family Recurvirostridae. It is widely distributed with a large total population size and apparently stable population trend, occurring in Malaysia, Japan, the Philippines, Brunei, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.[1] It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-winged stilt (H. himantopus).
Quick Facts Conservation status, Scientific classification ...
Pied stilt | |
---|---|
Adult pied stilt | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Recurvirostridae |
Genus: | Himantopus |
Species: | H. leucocephalus |
Binomial name | |
Himantopus leucocephalus Gould, 1837 | |
Synonyms | |
|
Close