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Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt

Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus] (= Himantopus himantopus) (Linnaeus, C 1758)

The black-winged stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae). The scientific name H. himantopus was formerly applied to a single, almost cosmopolitan species. It is now normally applied to the form that is widespread in Eurosiberia and Africa and 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. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Charadriiformes
Family:
  Recurvirostridae
Genus:
   Himantopus
Scientific:
  Himantopus himantopus


Original description

Citation:
  (Linnaeus, C 1758)

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.151

Protonym:
  Charadrius Himantopus

Type locality:
  Southern Europe.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/170/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  6AC2ABA35182038C

Avibase ID:
  avibase-6AC2ABA3

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/6AC2ABA3


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 176727

Geographic range:

  • Himantopus [himantopus or ceylonensis]: Mediterranean and sub-Saharan Africa to southeastern Asia and Taiwan
  • Himantopus leucocephalus: Indonesia to Australia and New Zealand; winters to Philippines
  • Himantopus [mexicanus, knudseni or melanurus]: coastal and inland wetlands of western to southeastern USA and Caribbean to central Argentina and southeastern Brazil; also Galapagos and Hawaiian islands
  • Himantopus mexicanus: western and southern USA to eastern Ecuador, southwestern Peru, and northeastern Brazil; West Indies
  • Himantopus knudseni: Hawaiian Islands
  • Himantopus melanurus: northern Chile and east-central Peru to southeastern Brazil and central Argentina
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English:
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt
French:
Échasse blanche, É. de Ceylan, É. d'Australie, É. d'Amérique, É. des Hawaï ou É. à queue noire


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus)
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus)
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus)
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus)
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, leucocephalus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt ( Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) [version 1]
Oriental Bird Club:
Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus)

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Himantopus [himantopus or novaezelandiae]

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Other synonyms

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Afrikaans: Rooipootelsie
Arabic: الكرسوع, الكرسوع أبومغازل, الكرسوع أبومغازل جويري, الكرسوع ابو مغازل, جويري
Asturian: Cigoñina
Azerbaijani: Çaydaq cüllütü
Belarusian: Хадулачнік
Bulgarian: Кокилобегач
Bengali: কালাপাখ ঠেঙ্গি
Breton: Ar skaseg kof gwenn
Catalan: Avisador, Camallarga, Camallarga comú, Cames llargues, Remena-rocs
Catalan (Balears): Avisador
Valencian: Remena-rocs
Czech: Pisila belohlavá, Pisila cáponohá, Pisila čáponohá
Welsh: Hirgoes
Danish: Australsk Stylteløber, Stylteløber
German: Stelzenlaeufer, Stelzenläufer
Maldivian: Theyravaa Ilolhi
Greek: Καλαμοκανάς
Greek (Cypriot): Καλαμοκαννάς
English: Black-necked Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Black-winged, White-headed, White-backed, Ceylon, Black-necked or Hawaiian Stilt, Common Stilt, Pied Stilt
Esperanto: himantopo
Spanish: candelero americano, Cigüeñuela, Cigüeñuela Común, Cigüeñuela de Alas Negras, Correlimos Zancolín, Playerito zancudo, Tero Real
Spanish (Argentine): Playerito zancudo
Spanish (Mexico): candelero americano
Spanish (Uruguay): Tero Real
Estonian: kaelus-karkjalg, Karkjalg
Basque: Cames llargues, Zankaluze, Zankaluzea
Finnish: Australianpitkäjalka, Pitkäjalka
French: Echasse blanche, Échasse blanche, Échasse blanche, É. d'Australie ou É. à queue noire, Échasse blanche, É. de Ceylan, É. d'Australie, É. d'Amérique, É. des Hawaï ou É. à queue noire
Frisian: Steltklút
Irish: Scadalach Dhubheiteach, Scodalach Dubheiteach
Gaelic: Luigneach
Galician: Cames llargues, Pernalonga
Manx: Lurgagh
Hebrew: תמירון
Hindi: Pavazha kaal ullan
Croatian: Crvenonoga vlastelica, Vlastelica
Hungarian: Gólyatöcs
Armenian: [Votnatsupik ], Ոտնացուպակ, Ոտնացուպիկ
Indonesian: Burung Gagang-bayang Belang
Icelandic: Háleggur
Italian: Cavaliere d'Italia
Japanese (romaji): Ashinaga-shigi, sei-taka shigi, seitakashigi, Seitaka-shigi
Japanese: オアストラリアセイタカシギ, セイタカシギ
Japanese (Kanji): 背高鴫, 背高鷸
Georgian: ოჩოფეხა
Kazakh: Ұзынсирақ балшықшы
Kazakh (Transliteration): uzın-sïraq balşıqşı
Korean: 장다리물떼새
Korean (Transliteration): jang-dari-mul-tte-sae
Cornish: Cornwhylen carrek
Scientific: Charadrius Himantopus, Himantopus [himantopus, ceylonensis, leucocephalus, mexicanus or melanurus], Himantopus [himantopus, leucocephalus or melanurus], Himantopus himantopus, Himantopus himantopus himantopus
Lithuanian: Kojukas, Kūjokas
Latvian: Garstilbis
Malagasy: Tafaly, Takapaly, Tsakaranta
Maori: Poaka
Macedonian: долгоног пескар, Долгонога шљука, Црвенонога сабјарка
Malayalam: പവിഴക്കാലി
Mongolian: Хилэн жигүүрт, Эгэл хилэнжигүүр
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠡᠭᠡᠯ ᠬᠢᠯᠢᠩ ᠵᠢᠭᠦᠷᠲᠦ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠠᠷᠠᠯᠢᠭ ᠦᠨᠳᠦᠷ ᠬᠢᠲᠣᠭᠠᠯᠵᠢᠨ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Харлиг өндөр хутгалжин, Хилэн далавчит хутгалжин
Mongolian (Transliteration): egel khileŋ-jigüür, kharlig öndör khutgaljiŋ , khileŋ dalvchit khutgaljiŋ , khileŋ jigüürt
Malay: Burung Kedidi Kaki Panjang, Burung Stilt, Burung Stilt Kepak Hitam, Kedidi Kaki Panjang
Maltese: Fras-servjent
Nepali: प्रवालपाद
Dutch: Bandsteltkluut, Steltkluut
Norwegian: Styleløper, Stylteløper
Polish: szczudlak, Szczudłak, szczudlak bialoglowy, szczudłak białogłowy, Szczudłak zwyczajny
Pinyin: gāo-qiāo-héng, hēi-chì cháng-jiǎo yù
Portuguese: maçaricão, maçaricão-de-pernas-longas, Macarico pernilongo, Macarico-pernilongo, perna longa, Perna longa., pernalonga, Perna-longa , Perna-longa., pernalonga-comum, pernilonga, pernilongo, pernilongo-de-costas-negras, Vira-pedras
Portuguese (Brazil): maçaricão, maçaricão-de-pernas-longas, pernalonga, pernalonga-comum, pernilonga, pernilongo, pernilongo-de-costas-negras, Vira-pedras
Romansh: Gambun pitschen
Romanian: Piciorong
Russian: Ходулочник
Sardinian: Zurruleu, Zurruvigu
Scots: Luigneach
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Kalupiya Ipalpawa
Slovak: Éišila bocianovitá, Šišila bocianovítá
Slovenian: polojnik
Albanian: Kalorësi
Serbian: dugonogi prudnik, Vlastelica, Властелица
Swedish: Styltlöpare
Swahili: Msese Milonjo
Tamil: Nedungaal Ullan
Thai: นกตีนเทียน, นกตีนเทียนปีกดำ, นกตีนเทียนหัวขาว
Thai (Transliteration): nók tiin-tʰian, nók tiin-tʰian hŭa-kʰăaw, nók tiin-tʰian pìik-dam
Turkish: Uzunbacak, Ұзынсирақ балшықшы
Tuvinian: Шывар-даяктыг куш
Ukrainian: Довгоніг, Кулик-довгоніг , Кулик-довгоніг чорнокрилий, Ходулoчник
Vietnamese: Cà kheo, Chim Cà kheo
Chinese: [gao-qiao-heng], [hei-chi chang-jiao yu], 高蹺鴴, 黑翅長腳鷸, 黑翅长脚鹬
Chinese (Traditional): 黑翅長腳鷸
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 高蹺鴴
Chinese (Taiwan): [gao-qiao-heng], 高跷鸻, 高蹺鴴

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