Black-winged Stilt

Order Charadriiformes; Family Recurvirostridae (Stilts & Avocets); Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus; Common name: Black-winged Stilt; Alternative common names: Pied or Black Wing Stilt – Distribution in Australia: Throughout all mainland states and Tasmania; absent in the arid interior - Distribution outside Australia: widely distributed through South and Central America, Sub-Saharan Africa, India, South-east Asia including Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand.