White-headed Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 10,590
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
Description
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. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-winged stilt (H. himantopus).
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Pied stilt”.