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The black-winged stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family. The scientific name H. Himantopus was formerly applied to a single, almost cosmopolitan species.
Scientific Name : Himantopus Himantopus
Family : Recurvirostridae
Order : Charadriiformes
Class : Aves
Type : Avocets And Stilts
Conservation Status : Least concern (LC)
Size : 33 -36 cm
Compare Size : Partridge -
Wingspan : 68 - 71 cm
Weight : 136 - 220 g
Migratory : Resident
Sex Alike : No
Nesting Season : April - August
Other Names :
Hindi : गजपांव
Marathi : शेकाट्या, पाणटिलवा, ढांगाळ्या
Habitat:
Marshes, Jheels, Village tanks, Salt pans, Tidal mudflats, Tidal creeks, Riversides
Breeding:
Eggs - 3 or 4, Light drab, densely blotched with dark black
Feeding:
Aquatic invertebrates, Worms, Mollusks, Aquatic insects
Juvenile
| Male | |
|---|---|
| Legs | long and pink |
| Bill | long thin black |
| Upperparts | blackish |
| Underparts | white |
| Head | white |
| Neck | white with a varying amount of black |
| Back | back, often with greenish gloss |
| Note : often have much black on head and neck, particularly in summer |
|
| Female | |
|---|---|
| Back | have a brown hue |
| Note : same as male but tend to have less black on head and neck all year round |
|
| Immature | |
|---|---|
| Wing | has noticiable sandy hue |
| Note : grey instead of black |
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| Date | Location |
|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 14 Nov 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 16 Dec 2018 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 12 Jan 2019 | Bird Watching Area, Bhandup West, Mumbai, Maharashtra |
| 01 Feb 2019 | Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary, Rajasthan |
