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Pied Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus · Family Recurvirostridae
Himantopus leucocephalus
Family Recurvirostridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 410,368
- Countries and territories with records
- 27
About this species
This species has 410,368 occurrence records from 27 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Australia (78.1%) and New Zealand (20.7%); together they account for 98.8% of the total. In Australia, this species accounts for 0.29% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Himantopus leucocephalus combines the genus name Himantopus with the species epithet leucocephalus. 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 himantopus and Himantopus novaezelandiae.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 9 species of the family Recurvirostridae. This species ranks 5th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Himantopus mexicanus. Its record count is 58.1% of the family average (705,850). The family Recurvirostridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.