Species profile—Himantopus himantopus (black-winged stilt)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Aves (birds) → Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets) → Himantopus himantopus (black-winged stilt)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Aves (birds)
- Family
- Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
- Scientific name
- Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- black-winged stilt
- WildNet taxon ID
- 1893
- Synonym(s)
- Himantopus leucocephalus
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus - Alternate name(s)
- pied stilt
white-headed stilt - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Back on Track (BoT) status
- Low
- Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Indicator Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- All 3
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=1893
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
