Himantopus leucocephalus / Pied stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)

Wikipedia: Pied stilt Quelle: WIKIPEDIA 1200px-Himantopus_leucocephalus_-_Hexham.jpg

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Beschreibung

Systematik: Gattung Himantopus (Himantopus); Familie Recurvirostridae (Recurvirostridae)
Allgemein: The pied stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus), also known as the white-headed stilt, is a shorebird in the family Recurvirostridae. It is widely distributed with a large total population size and apparently stable population trend, occurring in Malaysia, Japan, the Philippines, Brunei, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List.^[1] It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-winged stilt (H. himantopus). [mehr]