B L AC K W I NG E D ST I LT
CANON EOS 1300D + 55-250mm , 1/1600s , ISO- 400 , F/5.6
My Home Town ,Riverside Grassland, Dwarka, Gujarat, India
T
he Black Winged Stilt is also
known as Common Stilt and scien-
tific name of this bird is Himantopus
himantopus. These birds called GA-
JPANV in Gujarati, PRAVALPAAD in
Nepali etc theirs regional names. The
scientific name Himantopus is comes
from the Greek word that meaning
strap foot. They are also known as Pied
Stilt in past but now its use for Austra-
lian species. Common Stilt is a widely
distributed very long legged wader in
the avocet and stilt family. The adults
are 12 to 15 inches long. Common Stilt
have very long pink legs, white head,
a long thin black bill and are blackish
above and white below and neck with a
varying amount of black. They have the
top of the head are normally white in
winter, females have less black on head
than males and neck all year round.
Immature birds are grey with black
and have a sandy hue on the wings.
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