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Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

The Black-winged Stilt is a tall, elegant bird with long legs and striking black wings. They love to wade in shallow waters, searching for tasty insects and small fish to eat.

Hábitat: Wetlands

Aspecto

The Black-winged Stilt has a striking appearance with its pure white body and black wings and back. Its most defining feature is its extremely long, needle-thin, bright pink legs, making it stand tall above other waders. It also has a slender black bill.

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Black-winged Stilt

Categoría

Aves

Rareza

Common

Peligro

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Snaps

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Datos interesantes

Baby stilts can swim and catch food for themselves just hours after hatching!

Black-winged Stilts often feed by sweeping their long bill side-to-side in the water.

Their legs are longer than their entire body, making them one of the world's tallest birds!

These amazing birds can be found living on almost every continent in the world!

Habilidades especiales

Black-winged Stilts have incredibly long legs that help them wade into deep water where other birds cannot reach food.

The Black-winged Stilt has keen eyesight to spot tiny insects and aquatic creatures even in murky water.

Black-winged Stilts can pretend to have a broken wing, distracting predators away from their hidden nests.

Medidas y detalles

Longitud: 33-36 cm
Envergadura: 67-83 cm
Peso: 0.15-0.22 kg
Esperanza de vida: 10-15 años
Top Speed: 50 km/h
Tamaño de la puesta: 3-5
Incubación: 22-26 días
Distancia de migración: 5000 km

Dieta y alimentación

This bird mostly eats small aquatic creatures it finds in shallow water with its long bill.

Alimentos principales

aquatic insects
larvae
small crustaceans
worms
tadpoles
small fish

Método de búsqueda

Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

eats

Yellow-legged Gull

Larus michahellis

Gulls may prey on stilt eggs and chicks.

eaten by

Red Fox

Vulpes vulpes

Foxes are common predators of stilt nests and chicks.

hunts

Common Midge

Chironomus plumosus

Stilts feed on larvae and adult midges in wetlands.

hunts

Brine Shrimp

Artemia salina

Abundant prey in salt pans, a key stilt habitat.

Rasgos

Con plumas

Describe a los animales, principalmente aves, que poseen una cubierta de plumas.

Social

Los animales sociales viven en grupos organizados, cooperando para obtener beneficios de supervivencia como la búsqueda de alimento, la defensa y la cría de descendencia.

Colorido

Colorido describe a organismos u objetos que exhiben una amplia variedad de colores brillantes y distintivos.

Insectívoro

Este rasgo identifica a los organismos cuya dieta consiste principalmente en insectos y otros pequeños invertebrados.

Humedal

Este rasgo de hábitat identifica especies que se encuentran en humedales, que son áreas de tierra saturadas de agua, ya sea permanente o estacionalmente, e incluyen marismas, pantanos y ciénagas.