Taxonomic classification <> Photos
The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) belongs to the family Recurvirostridae under the order Charadriiformes.
Black-winged stilt taxonomy
The taxonomy of Himantopus himantopus is still somewhat contentious. Some ornithologist normally recognize five subspecies. Some authors consider the subspecies as separate species.Recently, the races himantopus, leucocephalus, knudseni and mexicanus were treated separate species. The head and neck plumage coloration is not a sufficient supporting evidence. There is typical differences in calls of nominate himantopus and leucocephalus races.
Most authors maintained single species as Himantopus himantopus with five subspecies. Mayr and Short (1970) as well as White and Bruce (1986) suggested treating each of them as separate species.
Mayr and Short (1970) also suggested that meridionalis (from southern Africa) and ceylonensis (from Sri Lanka) be recognized as separate species while these forms are not even recognized as subspecies of Himantopus himantopus by most of the authors.
Hayman et al. (1986) proposed that considering the distribution, H. himantopus, H. leucocephalus and H. mexicanus may treated as separate species.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Himantopus himantopus |
| Species: | H. himantopus |
| Genus: | Himantopus |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Recurvirostridae |
| Order: | Charadriiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Black-winged stilt - Himantopus himantopus Photo by Charlesjsharp |
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| 2.Black-winged stilt - Himantopus himantopus Photo by Shantanu Kuveskar |
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| 3.Black-winged stilt - Himantopus himantopus Photo by Shantanu Kuveskar |
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| 4.Black-winged stilt - Himantopus himantopus Photo by Charlesjsharp |
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| 5.Black-winged stilt - Himantopus himantopus Photo by Charlesjsharp |
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| 6.Himantopus himantopus Photo by Bernard DUPONT |
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| 7.Himantopus himantopus by Dr. Raju Kasambe |
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| 8.Himantopus himantopus by Derek Keats |
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| 9.Himantopus himantopus by pjt56 |
1.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:White-backed_stilts_(Himantopus_melanurus).JPG (cropped)
Author: Charlesjsharp | LIcense: CC BY-SA 4.0
2.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Black-winged_Stilt_(Himantopus_himantopus)_Photograph_By_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg (cropped)
Author: Shantanu Kuveskar | LIcense: CC BY-SA 4.0
3.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org (cropped)
Author: Shantanu Kuveskar | LIcense: CC BY-SA 4.0
4.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Black-winged_stilt_(Himantopus_himantopus).jpg (cropped)
Author: Charlesjsharp | LIcense: CC BY-SA 4.0
5.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Charlesjsharp | LIcense: CC BY-SA 4.0
6.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/33928705926/ (cropped)
Author: Bernard DUPONT | LIcense: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 6/23/17
7.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Dr. Raju Kasambe | LIcense: CC BY-SA 4.0
8.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/dkeats/18015026459/ (cropped)
Author: Derek Keats | LIcense: CC BY 2.0 as on 6/23/17
9.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Himantopus_himantopus-pjt.jpg (cropped)
Author: pjt56 | LIcense: CC BY 3.0 as on 6/23/17
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