Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Himantopus [himantopus or ceylonensis] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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Other related concepts

• Himantopus [himantopus x leucocephalus] (hybrid)
• Himantopus [himantopus x mexicanus] (hybrid)
• Himantopus himantopus x Recurvirostra americana (hybrid)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Rooipootelsie
Arabic: الكرسوع, الكرسوع أبومغازل, الكرسوع أبومغازل جويري, الكرسوع ابو مغازل, جويري
Asturian: Cigoñina
Azerbaijani: adi caydaq cüllüt, adi caydaqcüllüt, ağacayaq cüllüt, caydaq cüllüt, Çaydaq cüllütü
Bashkir: ағасаяҡ, оҙонаяҡ көйөлдө , оҙонаяҡ сәпсәү, ялпылдаҡ, япаяп, япылдаҡ
Belarusian: Хадулачнiк, Хадулачнік
Bulgarian: Кокилобегач
Bengali: কারা঩াি হঠচঙ্খ , কালাপাখ ঠেঙ্গি
Bengali (transliteration): kālāpākha ṭhēṅgi
Breton: Ar skaseg kof gwenn
Catalan: Avisador, Cames llargues, Remena-rocs
Catalan (Balears): Avisador
Valencian: Remena-rocs
Montenegrin: vlastelica, властелица
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): властелица
Czech: Pisila cáponohá, Pisila čáponohá
Chuvash: тăрнакай
Welsh: Hirgoes
Danish: Stylteløber
German: Eurasiatische Stelzenläufer, Stelzenlaeufer, Stelzenläufer
Maldivian: Theyravaa Ilolhi
Greek: Καλαμοκανάς, Καλαμοκαννάς
Greek (Cypriot): Καλαμοκαννάς
English: Afro-eurasian Black-winged Stilt, Black-necked Stilt, Blackwinged Stilt, Black-winged Stilt, Common Stilt, Eurasian black-winged stilt, Pied Stilt, Poaka, White-headed Stilt
English (Australia): Black-winged Stilt (Eurasian)
English (Kenya): Black-winged Stilt
Esperanto: himantopo
Spanish: Cigueñuela, Cigüeñuela Común, Cigüeñuela de Alas Negras, Playerito zancudo
Spanish (Argentine): Playerito zancudo
Spanish (Spain): Cigüeñuela Común
Spanish (Mexico): candelero americano
Spanish (Uruguay): Tero Real
Estonian: harilik karkjalg, Karkjalg
Basque: Cames llargues, Zankaluze, Zankaluzea
Persian: چوب‌پا
Finnish: Pitkäjalka
French: Échasse à manteau noir, Echasse blanche, Échasse blanche
Friulian: totul gjambislungjis
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, Cavaliere eurasiatico
Japanese (romaji): Ashinaga-shigi, sei-taka shigi, seitakashigi, Seitaka-shigi
Japanese: セイタカシギ
Japanese (Kanji): 背高鴫, 背高鷸
Georgian: ოჩოფეხა
Kara-Kalpak: қум қызыл аяқлы, узын қызыл аяқ
Kabardian: бзулъэкӀыхь
Mongolian, Halh: хилэн жигүүрт, хилэнжигүүр
Kazakh: ағаш аяқ, қызылсирақ балшықшы, Ұзынсирақ балшықшы
Kazakh (Transliteration): uzın-sïraq balşıqşı
Korean: 장다리물떼새
Korean (Transliteration): jang-dari-mul-tte-sae
North Karelian: pitkäjalka
Cornish: Cornwhylen carrek
Kirghiz: кадимки тартак чулдук
Scientific: Charadrius Himantopus, Himantopus himantopus, Himantopus himantopus himantopus
Lithuanian: Kojukas, Kojūkas, Kūjokas
Latvian: Garstilbis
Malagasy: Tafaly, Takapaly, Tsakaranta
Maori: kaki
Macedonian: Долгонога шљука, Црвенонога сабјарка
Malayalam: പവിഴക്കാലി
Mongolian: Хилэн жигүүрт, хилэнжигүүр, 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
Moldavian: Piciorong
Malay: Burung Kedidi Kaki Panjang, Burung Stilt, Burung Stilt Kepak Hitam, Kedidi Kaki Panjang
Maltese: frasservjent, Fras-servjent
Nepali: प्रवालपाद
Dutch: Stelkluut
Norwegian: Stylteløper
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): kalakajoi
Polish: szczudlak, szczudłak, szczudłak (zwyczajny), Szczudłak zwyczajny
Pinyin: gāo-qiāo-héng, hēi-chì cháng-jiǎo yù
Portuguese: maçaricão, maçaricão-de-pernas-longas, Macarico pernilongo, Maçarico-de-perna-longa, 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
Portuguese (Portugal): Pernilongo
Romansh: gambun pitschen
Romanian: Piciorong
Russian: Ходулочник
Sardinian: Zurruleu, Zurruvigu
Scots: Luigneach
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
Turkmen: gyzylinjik
Turkish: Uzunbacak, Ұзынсирақ балшықшы
Tatar: озынаяк
Tuvinian: Шывар-даяктыг куш
Ukrainian: Довгоніг, Кулик-довгоніг
Uzbek: катта қизилоѐқ, қизилоѐқ
Vietnamese: Cà kheo, Chim Cà kheo
Kalmyk: чүкүдә
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