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	Black-winged Stilt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The breeding habitat is marshes, shallow lakes and ponds.
		Black-winged Stilts are found in southern and southeastern Europe, central Asia, northern Africa, Australia, Central and South America, Hawaii, the Philippines, south central Canada and the western and southeastern United States.
		The Stilt is the only shorebird to breed in the Hawaiian Islands.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black-winged_Stilt (264 words)

	Black-winged Stilt
		The Black-winged Stilt is a large (35 to 39 cm) fl and white wader with long orange-red legs and a straight fl bill.
		Black-winged Stilts are related to Banded Stilts, Cladorhynchus leucocephalus, which have a broad chestnut band across the breast (absent in young birds) and lack the fl on the back of the neck.
		Black-winged Stilts prefer freshwater and saltwater marshes, mudflats, and the shallow edges of lakes and rivers.
	www.amonline.net.au /factsheets/stilt.htm (420 words)

	New Zealand black stilt - Himantopus novaezelandiae: More Information - ARKive (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		New Zealand fl stilts are partially migratory; some birds move to lower coastal sites prior to winter, and some sub-adults winter in the north of the North Island, whilst others remain in the high basin throughout the year (6).
		The massive decline and retraction in range of the fl stilt is mainly attributed to the introduction of mammalian predators to New Zealand such as cats, ferrets and stoats (5).
		Since the mid-1900's, pure fl stilts have numbered fewer than 100 individuals with; in 1999, numbers fell as low as 40, only 9 of which were females (5).
	www.arkive.org /species/GES/birds/Himantopus_novaezelandiae/more_info.html (785 words)

	January 2004 Central Valley Black-necked Stilt and American Avocet Study - Placer County, California (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The ratio of stilts to avocets was 5.8:1 in the Sacramento Valley versus 1.1:1 in the San Joaquin Valley.
		Stilts and avocets were more evenly distributed among a greater number of habitats in the Tulare Basin than in other regions of the Central Valley.
		The percent of stilts (35%) and avocets (48%) in managed wetlands in the Tulare Basin is somewhat misleading, though, as a very high proportion of these were recorded in wetland mitigation or compensation habitats created to offset the potential harm to shorebirds and other wildlife from selenium concentrated in agricultural evaporation ponds.
	www.placer.ca.gov /planning/legacy/1-04-stilt-avocet-2003-study.htm (7516 words)

	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
		The fl-necked stilt breeds in North America in the western and west-central United States, the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts, Baja California, western Mexico, southwest-central Canada, and portions of the Bahamas and West Indies.
		Ecology: The primary foods for the fl-necked stilt are invertebrates of the water column and flying insects near the water's surface.
		Stilts forage on bare ground and while wading in water in depths up to 15 cm, usually in water fresher than avocets prefer.
	dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov /rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=himamexi (678 words)

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		Stilt taxonomy is an issue of much debate with some authorities recognizing only one Stilt species, whilst others recognize two or three species and some split all the different forms into separate species.
		Some such hybrids do have a fl hindneck marking running straight onto the mantle and back, but in such individuals there is also usually a fl band across the foreneck, or at least a substantial trace of it at the sides of the neck.
		The fl feathering on the neck and nape are separated from the fl back and wings by a white mantle, although on this bird this area is broken with some fl feathering, presumably this is indicative of some hybridization.
	www.birdinghawaii.co.uk /PiedStilt2.htm (2076 words)

	Black Stilt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Black Stilt, Himantopus novaezelandiae, is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae.
		Juveniles have a white breast, neck and head, with a fl patch around the eyes.
		The major threat to this species is introduced predators and hybridization with the local and more numerous Pied Stilt H.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Stilt (142 words)

	Black Stilt
		Black Stilts nest in isolation, but out of breeding season they can be found in small flocks.
		The fl stilt is closely related to the pied stilt, but the two species are in competition for the same habitat.
		Living and feeding around the edge of central South Island lakes, the fl stilt is vulnerable to water level fluctuations caused by the artificial control of the hydro lakes in this area.
	www.wellingtonzoo.com /animals/animals/birds_and_fish/black-stilt.html (500 words)

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		The fl on the head extends low on the forehead and around the side of the neck to a greater degree than the continental fl-necked stilt.
		According to the 1983 AOU checklist the Hawaiian stilt is a subspecies of H. mexicanus.
		Stilts have been noted seeking the lee side of soil or rock outcrops or brush vegetation during high winds or storms (01,10,20).
	fwie.fw.vt.edu /WWW/esis/lists/e101013.htm (4428 words)

	ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOR OF AMERICAN AVOGET AND BLACK-NECKED STILT CHICKS
		Possibly a running stilt chick would be more likely than a hider to enter the domain of other defending parents, and thus would benefit from calling to elicit their antipredator re- sponses.
		A hiding stilt chick that is vocal when captured would also be more likely than an avocet chick to attract predators to hiding places of siblings, because siblings often hide in the same general area but the probability is higher that an avocet's siblings would be running instead of hiding.
		The most important antipredator strategy of young avo- cets and stilts is to seek cover and hide or simply crouch (posture de- scribed by Hamilton 1975:88) in the open when danger threatens, and then rely on the aggressive and/or diversionary behavior of their parents.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/JFO/v053n04/p0315-p0325.html (4478 words)

	stilt on Encyclopedia.com
		STILT [stilt] common name for some members of the family Recurvirostridae, shore birds including the avocet.
		Stilts, as their name implies, have the longest legs of any bird except the flamingo.
		Stilts are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Charadriiformes, family Recurvirostridae.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s1/stilt.asp (747 words)

	Field Guide > Shorebirds & Rallids > Black-winged Stilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Black-winged Stilt is a fl and white bird with exceptionally long slender red legs and long, slender bill.
		The head, neck and underparts of the Black-winged Stilt are pure white, while the back and wings are fl.
		Black- winged Stilts are usually found singly or in small groups, and are usually found in shallow water.
	www.birdlife.org.za /fieldguide/book/species_info.cfm?id=112 (260 words)

	Monterey Bay Aquarium: Online Field Guide
		The fl-necked stilt is one of the characteristic birds of fresh or salty shallow sloughs and grassy marshes.
		Because fl-necked stilts breed in wetlands, both fresh and salty, their population has been affected by the decrease in wetlands on the Pacific flyway.
		As a last-resort migratory stopover, flocks as large as 10,000 stilts feed at the Salton Sea in California.
	www.mbayaq.org /efc/living_species?hOri=0&hab=2&inhab=454 (241 words)

	Black-Necked Stilt
		The Black-Necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is one of the characteristic birds of the fresh or salty shallow sloughs and grassy marshes.
		In flight, the wings are entirely fl, and the underparts, rump, and tail are white with the long, cherry-red, pipe-stem legs extending behind.
		This habit of adding new material under the base of the nest after the female begins sitting is characteristic of most other birds that breed in marshes, and probably results from an instinctive fear of high water.
	www.geocities.com /naturenotes/stiltbnk.htm (541 words)

	A Black-necked Stilt hunts for food in the water. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A Black-necked Stilt hunts for food in the waters of the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, which shares a boundary with Kennedy Space Center.
		The stilt is identified by its distinct head pattern of fl and white, its very long red legs, and straight, very thin bill.
		The stilt's habitat is salt marshes and shallow coastal bays from Delaware and northern South America in the East, and freshwater marshes from Oregon and Saskatchewan to the Gulf Coast.
	science.ksc.nasa.gov /gallery/photos/1999/xml/KSC-99PP-0303.xml (151 words)

	Black-Necked Stilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Black-necked stilts are small (13 - 16 in.) wading birds with long, red, stiltlike legs.
		Stilts build their nests on marshy ground in salt marshes, shallow coastal bays and freshwater marshes.
		They lay 3 or 4 buff-colored eggs, spotted with brown, in a shallow depression lined with grass or shell fragments.
	aviary.owls.com /stilt/stilt.html (111 words)

	All About Birds
		A striking fl-and-white bird with very long, thin red legs, the Black-necked Stilt is found along the edges of shallow water in open country.
		Five species of rather similar-looking stilts are recognized in the genus Himantopus.
		The Hawaiian subspecies of Black-necked Stilt has the fl of its neck reaching much farther forward than the mainland forms.
	www.birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Black-necked_Stilt.html (162 words)

	Nearctica - Natural History - Birds of Eastern North America - Recurvirostridae - Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus ...
		Breeding Range (see map below): The Black-necked Stilt is resident or breeds along the Atlantic Coast from New Jersey to Florida and along the Gulf Coast to southern Eastern Texas.
		The species is also resident along the Pacific Coast and in locally in parts of the interior of the western United States.
		Habitat: This distinctive bird is found in salt marshes, coastal bays, and (in the west) in freshwater marshes.
	www.nearctica.com /birds/sandpipe/Hmexic.htm (209 words)

	The Black Necked Stilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This family member of Avocets is appropriately named, because the Stilt's legs are so long that it seems to be walking on stilts.
		The male Black-Necked Stilt is a shiny, dark backed wading shore bird with a long neck and a thin, straight fl bill and stands about 15 inches tall.
		In flight, the top feathers of the wings are glossy fl, a buff to white tail, and their very long, stilt like red legs trail are straight back while in flight.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/birding/79485 (465 words)

	Birds: The Black-Necked Stilt and The English Sparrow
		TILT would be a peculiarly appropriate name for this bird, with its excessively long legs, were it less graceful and dignified in its walk, moving on land with easy and measured tread, not in a “tremulous manner,” says Col. Goss, as stated by some writers.
		The Stilt is an inhabitant of temperate North America, from New Brunswick, Maine, Minnesota and Oregon southward; south in winter to Peru, Brazil, and West Indies.
		Extensive as is the range of the Stilt, we wonder how many of our readers have ever had the pleasure of seeing even a picture of one.
	www.birdnature.com /may1898/stilt.html (532 words)

	Kakī/Black stilt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kakī, or fl stilts (Himantopus novaezelandiae), are a native wading bird only found in New Zealand.
		Young kakī have fl and white plumage until 18 months old, when they become all fl.
		Unlike pied stilts and other waders, they can also feed by using a scything motion with their bill.
	www.doc.govt.nz /Conservation/001~Plants-and-Animals/001~Native-Animals/Kaki-(Black-Stilts).asp (836 words)

	Black-necked Stilt at Big Island 3-4 pm, 6/9/04
		At first no stilt was evident, but suddenly the male Black-necked Stilt appeared in an open mud flat area just west of the dense grass.
		However, this behavior may indicate that the male stilt was looking to defend its territory if needed as we did not push close to it.
		My experience with Black-necked Stilts on breeding territory was when I lived in Delaware (state of) in the mid 60's until 1977, where, Black-necked Stilts are resident and nest in Delaware at Little Creek Wildlife Area, and have done so for quite a few years.
	lists.envirolink.org /pipermail/ohio-birds/2004-June/003635.html (702 words)

	Stilt & Avocet family
		The Stilts and Avocets are a small family of shorebirds with representatives found around the world.
		All taxa are essentially long-legged, long-billed, and dressed in patterns of fl and white, presenting opportunities for classic reflections on calm shallow pools in which they feed, such as this Black-necked Stilt (left).
		The "Hawaiian Stilt" (below) differs from mainland birds in having more fl to the neck and face; it is also an endangered taxa, now restricted to the few wetland locales remaining on the islands.
	www.montereybay.com /creagrus/stilts.html (834 words)

	Birds of the St. Johns - Black-Necked Stilt
		We don't very often see Black-Necked Stilts, but with the water so low sandbars make good hunting grounds and we saw this pair helping themselves to a good lunch.
		It is a tall, small bodied wading bird, fl above and white below, with very long, bright pink legs.
		Stilts run very fast, but then stop suddenly, bend their long legs and pick up something from the ground.
	www.marshbunny.com /mbunny/wildlife/birds/stilt.html (306 words)

	Black-winged Stilt, Himantopus himantopus
		One of Kenya's common water birds the Black-winged Stilt is found on most lakes and is frequently seen around waterholes and on the edges of marshes feeding on small insects.
		There are a number of different subspecies found around the world and these are sometimes treated as different species, however the only one seen in Kenya is the nominate ssp himantopus.
		Stilt usually breed after the rains, nesting on the ground or on floating water weeds.
	www.kenyabirds.org.uk /stilt.htm (171 words)

	Black-Necked Stilt - DesertUSA
		The Black-Necked Stilt is a dark-backed shorebird with a long neck and a thin, straight fl bill.
		The male reaches a height of 18 inches.The mature male's plumage is shiny fl above and white below.
		In flight, the wings are a continual fl, its tail is buff to white, while its red legs trail far behind.
	www.desertusa.com /magoct97/oct_pa/du_bnstil.html (182 words)

	Welcome to the Twizel.com Black Stilt and Bird Life page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		As well as being the only place in the world where you are guaranteed of seeing the Black Stilt, the Twizel area and Mackenzie Basin's braided shingle rivers are home to many other rare and interesting birds.
		Kaki/fl stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) are one of the world's rarest and most endangered birds.
		As well as the Kaki (Black Stilt), the Twizel area is home to much more birdlife, including the Wrybill and Black-Fronted Tern, both of which are threatened species.
	www.twizel.com /bird.htm (857 words)

	Kaki, the black stilt, Himantopus novaezelandiae (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Kakï, the fl stilt, is one of the world’s rarest and most endangered birds.
		Kakï are New Zealand’s only endemic member of the avocet and stilt family, their closest relatives being Poaka, the pied stilt, Himantopus himantopus, which are widespread throughout the world’s warm and temperate regions.
		Juvenile and sub–adult Kakï tend to have variable and sometimes mottled fl markings, whereas adult Poaka have distinct fl markings on their back, hind–neck and collar.
	www.nzbirds.com /birds/kaki.html (1008 words)

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	www.theblackstilt.com (133 words)

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