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Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus · Family Recurvirostridae
Himantopus himantopus
Family Recurvirostridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,522,588
- Countries and territories with records
- 179
About this species
This species has 1,522,588 occurrence records from 179 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (17.1%), Spain (15.6%), Taiwan (12.8%), France (8.1%) and South Africa (7.4%); together they account for 61.1% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.42% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Himantopus himantopus combines the genus name Himantopus with the species epithet himantopus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Himantopus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Himantopus mexicanus, Himantopus leucocephalus and Himantopus novaezelandiae.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 9 species of the family Recurvirostridae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Himantopus mexicanus. Its record count is 2.2 times the family average (705,850). The family Recurvirostridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.