Curious waddle
Black-winged Stilt, pied stilt, common stilt, কালাপাখ ঠেঙ্গি, (Himantopus himantopus )
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
35–40 cm
Resident or summer visitor in Pakistan, NW India and Sri Lanka; widespread winter visitor. ID: Slender appearance, with long pinkish legs, and a fine straight bill. Black upperwing strongly contrasts with white back V in flight. Adult at rest shows mainly white head, neck and underbody, contrasting with upperparts, and reddish-pink legs. Both sexes can show variable amounts of black and/or dusky grey on the crown and hind neck. Juvenile has browner upperparts with buff fringes. Voice: A noisy wader, readily agitated; calls include kek... kek and a rather anxious kikikikiki. HH: Gregarious throughout the year; sometimes breeds in colonies. A graceful wader that walks slowly and deliberately. Forages on dry mud and by wading into the shallows; sometimes immerses head and neck in water. Eats insects and also aquatic invertebrates and small fish. Freshwater wetlands, brackish marshes, irrigation tanks and saltpans.
Source: Helms Field Guides
Curious waddle
Black-winged Stilt, pied stilt, common stilt, কালাপাখ ঠেঙ্গি, (Himantopus himantopus )
Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus
35–40 cm
Resident or summer visitor in Pakistan, NW India and Sri Lanka; widespread winter visitor. ID: Slender appearance, with long pinkish legs, and a fine straight bill. Black upperwing strongly contrasts with white back V in flight. Adult at rest shows mainly white head, neck and underbody, contrasting with upperparts, and reddish-pink legs. Both sexes can show variable amounts of black and/or dusky grey on the crown and hind neck. Juvenile has browner upperparts with buff fringes. Voice: A noisy wader, readily agitated; calls include kek... kek and a rather anxious kikikikiki. HH: Gregarious throughout the year; sometimes breeds in colonies. A graceful wader that walks slowly and deliberately. Forages on dry mud and by wading into the shallows; sometimes immerses head and neck in water. Eats insects and also aquatic invertebrates and small fish. Freshwater wetlands, brackish marshes, irrigation tanks and saltpans.
Source: Helms Field Guides