himantopus

1. Major one of two genera of stilts;
   Similar to avocets but with straight bills (synset 102037048)
   is a type of: bird genus - a genus of birds
   member holonym:

   • himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird - long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
   • black-necked stilt, himantopus mexicanus - stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck
   • black-winged stilt, himantopus himantopus - stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings
   • himantopus himantopus leucocephalus, white-headed stilt - stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
   • himantopus novae-zelandiae, kaki - blackish stilt of New Zealand sometimes considered a color phase of the white-headed stilt
   belongs to: charadrii, suborder charadrii - shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews
   same as: genus himantopus

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