WORLD BIRDS / IOC 15.2

Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

Black-winged Stilt belongs to Recurvirostridae, within the order Charadriiformes. Explore the recorded facts below, then discover other birds in the same family.

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Black-winged Stilt · Himantopus himantopus — Illustration, not a field photograph.

Taxonomy & recorded facts

Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Recurvirostridae
Conservation record: LC · Least Concern
Habitat in source: Wetland
Reported mass: 176.8 g

Conservation categories reflect the source dataset, not a live IUCN assessment. Missing measurements are omitted. Game combat values are not biological measurements.

Distribution record

古北界、非洲、东洋界：沿海和内陆，向南至欧洲中东部，萨尔岛（佛得角群岛东北部，马卡罗尼西亚南部，西北非以西）；北非和撒哈拉以南非洲、索科特拉岛和马达加斯加沿海；经俄罗斯西南部、哈萨克斯坦和蒙古至俄罗斯东南部、中国东北部、东部，局部至本州和四国（日本中南部）、中国台湾、塞米拉拉（菲律宾中东部），向南至中东北部、印度次大陆至斯里兰卡、马来半岛、越南、苏门答腊北部和爪哇西部

Original Chinese range description retained from the source catalog.