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PLEASE! If you see any mistakes, I'm 100% sure that I have wrongly identified some birds.
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So please let me know on my guestbook at the bottom of the page
  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 foot" or "thong foot". Most sources today accept 2–4 species. It is sometimes called Pied Stilt, but that name is now reserved for the Australian species, Himantopus leucocephalus.   Range map from www.oiseaux.net - Ornithological Portal Oiseaux.net
www.oiseaux.net is one of those MUST visit pages if you're in to bird watching. You can find just about everything there
Description Adults are 33–36 cm long. They have long pink legs, a long thin black bill and are blackish above and white below, with a white head and neck with a varying amount of black. Males have a black back, often with greenish gloss. Females' backs have a brown hue, contrasting with the black remiges. In the populations that have the top of the head normally white at least in winter, females tend to have less black on head and neck all year round, while males often have much black, particularly in summer. This difference is not clear-cut, however, and males usually get all-white heads in winter. Immature birds are grey instead of black and have a markedly sandy hue on the wings, with light feather fringes appearing as a whitish line in flight
 Black-winged Stilt sitting on eggs
Bang Pu, Bangkok - June 2019
Black-winged Stilt with nest
 Egg of Himantopus himantopus, MHNT
By Didier Descouens - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=20315119 Black-winged Stilt babies
 Black-winged Stilt babies
Khlong Tamru Salt Pans, Chonburi, Thailand - April 2020
 Black-winged Stilt babies
Khlong Tamru Salt Pans, Chonburi, Thailand - April 2020
 Black-winged Stilt babies
Khlong Tamru Salt Pans, Chonburi, Thailand - April 2020
 Black-winged Stilt - Juvenile on the left hand side and adult on right hand side
Kui Buri National Park, Thailand - April 2020
 Black-winged Stilt - Juvenile
Salt pans west of Bang Pakong River, Thailand - April 2022
Listen to the Black-winged Stilt
Sound from www.xeno-canto.org
 Taxonomy and systematics The taxonomy of this bird is still somewhat contentious. It is one of five distinct species which were previously considered subspecies of H. himantopus. H. himantopus sensu lato, is made up of one species and 5–7 subspecies, and was sometimes referred to as Common Stilt. The name Black-winged Stilt refers to H. himantopus sensu stricto, with two subspecies H.h. himantopus from the Palearctic and H.h. merdionalis from the Afrotropical region. Ecology and status The breeding habitat of all these stilts is marshes, shallow lakes and ponds. Some populations are migratory and move to the ocean coasts in winter; those in warmer regions are generally resident or short-range vagrants. In Europe, the Black-winged Stilt is a regular spring overshoot vagrant north of its normal range, occasionally remaining to breed in northern European countries. Pairs have successfully bred in Britain in 1987, and after a 27-year hiatus, two instances of successful breeding in Southern England in 2014. 13 young were fledged in southern England in 2017. These birds pick up their food from sand or water. They mainly eat insects and crustaceans. The nest site is a bare spot on the ground near water. These birds often nest in small groups, sometimes with avocets. The Black-winged Stilt is one of the species to which the Agreement on the Conservation of African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbirds applies. Conservation status
 2006 IUCN Red List of of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T22727969A86541570.
doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22727969A86541570.en. Retrieved 10 May 2017. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  Sighted: 25 October 2017 (Date of first photo that I could use) Location: Shakespear Regional Park  Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน - 25 October 2017 - Shakespear Regional Park
Called Pied Stilt on New Zealand
 Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน - 25 October 2017 - Shakespear Regional Park
Called Pied Stilt on New Zealand
 Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน - 25 October 2017 - Shakespear Regional Park
Called Pied Stilt on New Zealand
 Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน - 25 October 2017 - Shakespear Regional Park
Called Pied Stilt on New Zealand
 Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน - 25 October 2017 - Shakespear Regional Park
Called Pied Stilt on New Zealand
 Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน - 25 October 2017 - Shakespear Regional Park
Called Pied Stilt on New Zealand
 Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน - 25 October 2017 - Shakespear Regional Park
Called Pied Stilt on New Zealand
 Black-winged Stilt / นกตีนเทียน - 25 October 2017 - Shakespear Regional Park
Called Pied Stilt on New Zealand
 Going bird watching on New Zealand? I have been to a few places but so far New Zealand is outstanding regarding information on the internet. There are two organizations that are sticking  out so far when it comes to information about birds and wildlife/ outdoor living.
Bird information, bird song and maps. Yes, there are excellent trekking maps online so you can plan, or go back after the trek to see where you have been, excellent. I have not been disappointed. • New Zealand Birds Online nzbirdsonline.org.nz • New Zealand's Department of Conservation www.doc.govt.nz Click on “Nature” or just hoover with the mouse over the “Nature” Many other places I have been to have excellent maps on site, but trying to find them online  rendering nothing but disappointments. The New Zealand's Department of Conservation is the ONE STOP ONLY for everything regarding outdoor activities on New Zealand.
New Zealand Birds Online, there is everything you ever wish to know about the birds on New Zealand. Nothing less than fantastic. Click HERE to down load Checklist of the birds of NZ from New Zealand Birds Online web page nzbirdsonline.org.nz One of the best web pages I have ever seen when it comes to birding. All the information you can ever ask for and a ONE STOP for all your needs before going bird watching on New Zealand. Range maps, sounds, information and bird lists, everything you need.  PLEASE! If I have made any mistakes identifying any bird, PLEASE let me know on my guestbook 
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