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
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 ID:
6AC2ABA35182038C
Avibase ID:
avibase-6AC2ABA3
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/6AC2ABA3
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176727
Geographic range:
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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