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Black-winged stilt

Black-winged Stilt at Mangalajodi in Chilika Lake, Odisha.

 

The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae). The scientific name H. himantopus was formerly applied to a single, almost cosmopolitan species.

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Uploaded on February 15, 2019
Taken on January 27, 2019