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Black-winged stilt
You can find our black-winged stilts in the stream at the zoo.
Black-winged stiltHimantopus himantopus
Class:
Aves
Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
Recurvirostridae
About the black-winged stilt
Black-winged stilts are a widespread species that can be found in wetlands, salt plains, lagoons and marshes across a variety of warm, temperate and tropical regions, and can grow up to 40cm in size. Insectivores their diet consists of aquatic invertebrates
Conservation
Black-winged stilts are classed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List - they have very few threats in the wild, however wetland drainage has affected some populations