White-backed Stilt (Himantopus melanurus)
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White-backed Stilt

Himantopus melanurus Vieillot, 1817

Where and when it's recorded

No records at the public birding hotspots we track. It may be rare, remote, or its locations protected.

Questions

Where does the White-backed Stilt live?

Its breeding range: South America: inland east-central Peru, central Bolivia and southeastern Brazil to south-central Chile and south-central Argentina.

What family is the White-backed Stilt in?

It belongs to the family Stilts, Avocets (Recurvirostridae), order Charadriiformes.

Range

South America: inland east-central Peru, central Bolivia and southeastern Brazil to south-central Chile and south-central Argentina

Breeding range, IOC World Bird List 15.2

Classification

Family
Stilts, Avocets Recurvirostridae
Genus
Himantopus

Other birds in the genus Himantopus

Black-winged StiltBlack-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusPied StiltPied StiltHimantopus leucocephalusBlack-necked StiltBlack-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusBlack StiltBlack StiltHimantopus novaezelandiaeBanded StiltBanded StiltCladorhynchus leucocephalusPied AvocetPied AvocetRecurvirostra avosettaAmerican AvocetAmerican AvocetRecurvirostra americanaRed-necked AvocetRed-necked AvocetRecurvirostra novaehollandiaeAndean AvocetAndean AvocetRecurvirostra andina
White-backed Stilt

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