51,302 observationsLeast Concern
Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
Taxonomy
Kingdom: Animalia ›Phylum: Chordata ›Class: Aves ›Order: Charadriiformes ›Family: Recurvirostridae ›Genus: Himantopus
About
The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae). It is now widely accepted that the scientific name H. himantopus which was formerly applied to a single almost cosmopolitan species and is now normally applied to the widespread form from Eurasia and Africa which was formerly regarded as the nominate subspecies of Himantopus himantopus sensu lato. The scientific name Himantopus comes from the Greek meaning "strap...
Frequently Asked Questions
- The scientific name of Black-winged Stilt is Himantopus himantopus.
- Black-winged Stilt belongs to the kingdom Animalia.
- Black-winged Stilt belongs to the phylum Chordata.
- Black-winged Stilt belongs to the class Aves.
- Black-winged Stilt belongs to the order Charadriiformes.
- Black-winged Stilt belongs to the family Recurvirostridae.
- Black-winged Stilt belongs to the genus Himantopus.