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| Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus [Linnaeus, 1758] | |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Recurvirostridae |
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BTO Codes:
IT , BLWST
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EURING No: 4550 | |
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Number in Britain:
4 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Accidental (Has Bred)
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Subspecies:
himantopus recorded in Britain (of 5 subsp. in the world)
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Length:
38 cm
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Wingspan: 75 cm |
Weight:
M/F: 180 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: himas=a strap + pous=a foot |
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World Distribution:
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c&se Europe, c&s Asia, Africa |
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Habitat:
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Marsh, weedy lakes, flooded fields |
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Diet:
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Invertebrates, especially aquatic insects, often wades in water above 'knee' but rarely swims |
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TitBit:
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At 23 cm, a black-winged stilt's legs represent 60% of the birds height, which means it can feed in deeper water than other waders |
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| Records and Distribution | |
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First Record:
1684
(Sibbald, R. 1684. Scotia illustrata sive prodromus historiae naturalis)
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Total Number of Records (1958-2004):
204
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Summary of Records by Year
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Most Likely to Occur in:
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Most Recent County Records:
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Scotland:
Borders
(1986),
Clyde
(1958),
Dumfries & Galloway
(1920),
Highland
(1953),
Northeast
(1984),
Outer Hebrides
(1990),
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North-east England:
Cleveland
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Durham
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Northumberland
(1993),
East Yorkshire
(1993),
North Yorkshire
(1995),
South Yorkshire
(1991),
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North-west England:
Cheshire
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Lancashire
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English Midlands:
Leicestershire
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Northamptonshire
(1997),
Nottinghamshire
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Shropshire
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Staffordshire
(1995),
Warwickshire
(1987),
Worcestershire
(1986),
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Eastern England:
Bedfordshire
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Cambridgeshire
(1998),
Essex
(1997),
Hertfordshire
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Lincolnshire
(1997),
Norfolk
(2005),
Suffolk
(2002),
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South-east England:
Berkshire
(1945),
Buckinghamshire
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Hampshire
(2002),
Isle of Wight
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Kent
(2001),
Greater London
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Oxfordshire
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Surrey
(1984),
East Sussex
(1992),
West Sussex
(2003),
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South-west England:
Cornwall
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Devon
(2002),
Dorset
(1990),
Gloucestershire
(1997),
Somerset
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Wiltshire
(1987),
Isles of Scilly
(1990),
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Wales:
Anglesey
(1993),
Gwynedd
(1997),
Gwent
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Pembrokeshire
(1990),
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| Other Names | |
| Gaelic: Fad-chasach | Welsh: Hirgoes |
| Danish: Stylteløber | Dutch: Steltkluut |
| Finnish: Pitkäjalka | French: Échasse blanche |
| German: Stelzenläufer | Hungarian: Gólyatöcs |
| Icelandic: Háleggur | Irish: Scodalach Dubheiteach |
| Italian: Cavaliere d’Italia | Norwegian: Styleløper |
| Polish: Szczudlak zwyczajny | Portuguese: Perna-longa |
| Spanish: Cigüeñuela | Swedish: Styltlöpare |
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