White-backed stilt
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The white-backed stilt (Himantopus melanurus) is a locally abundant shorebird of South American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from northwest Brazil to southwest Peru and southcentral Argentina.
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White-backed stilt | |
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White-backed stilts (H. melanurus) Pantanal, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Recurvirostridae |
Genus: | Himantopus |
Species: | H. melanurus |
Binomial name | |
Himantopus melanurus Vieillot, 1817 | |
Synonyms | |
Himantopus himantopus melanurus |
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