Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Black-winged Stilt or Common Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

Common Name: Black-winged Stilt or Common Stilt
Scientific Name: Himantopus himantopus
Identification: Adults are 33–36 cm long. They have long pink legs, a long thin black bill and are blackish above and white below, with a white head and neck with a varying amount of black.
Habitat: Marshes and swamps, shallow lake edges, riverbeds, flooded fields
Feeding: Aquatic invertebrate
Location: Bundala National Park
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-winged_Stilt





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