stiltbird

1. Long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons (synset 102037315)
   is a type of: limicoline bird, shore bird, shorebird - any of numerous wading birds that frequent mostly seashores and estuaries
   subtypes:

   • 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: genus himantopus, himantopus - major one of two genera of stilts; similar to avocets but with straight bills
   same as: himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover

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