Black-winged stilt: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the black-winged stilt lives – recorded in 95 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Himantopus himantopus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	95 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania
Mass	21.8 g (birth weight); 160 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Recurvirostridae

Where does the black-winged stilt live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black-winged stilt in 95 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Wikidata gives its range as: Nanling Mountains, Africa, Burkina Faso.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a black-winged stilt?

Wikidata records the following for the black-winged stilt: mass 21.8 g (birth weight); 160 g (adult weight).

Is the black-winged stilt endangered?

The black-winged stilt’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the black-winged stilt?

The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Recurvirostridae, genus Himantopus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black-winged stilt

The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed, very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family Recurvirostridae. Its scientific name, Himantopus himantopus, is sometimes used to generalize a single, almost cosmopolitan species. Alternatively, it is restricted to the form that is widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa, which equals the nominate group of H. himantopus sensu lato. Meanwhile, the black-necked (H. mexicanus) and white-backed stilts (H. melanurus) both inhabit the Americas; the pied stilt (H. leucocephalus) ranges from Australia and New Zealand. Today, most sources accept between one and four actual species.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black-winged stilt (revision 1354819259), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q178821 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).