Listen to the black-winged stilt
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About the black-winged stilt
The black-winged stilt is a bird in the family Recurvirostridae (order Charadriiformes). Its conservation status on the IUCN Red List is “least concern”. Adults weigh around 160 g.
What does the black-winged stilt sound like?
Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round. Listening for both helps with identification.
The recordings here are labelled as alarm call and call. Listen for differences in rhythm, pitch and repetition – the spectrum display makes it easy to see whether a sound is a pure whistle (a thin line), a harsh call (a broad band) or a trill (rapid repeated marks).
From Wikipedia
The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed, very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family Recurvirostridae. Its scientific name, Himantopus himantopus, is sometimes used to generalize a single, almost cosmopolitan species. Alternatively, it is restricted to the form that is widespread in Europe, Asia and Africa, which equals the nominate group of H. himantopus sensu lato. Meanwhile, the black-necked (H. mexicanus) and white-backed stilts (H. melanurus) both inhabit the Americas; the pied stilt (H. leucocephalus) ranges from Australia and New Zealand. Today, most sources accept between one and four actual species.
Related birds in the genus Himantopus
More from the family Recurvirostridae
Frequently asked questions
What does a black-winged stilt sound like?
You can hear 2 recordings of the black-winged stilt on this page, including its alarm call and call. Most birds have two kinds of vocalisation: songs, which are learned or innate phrases delivered mainly in spring and summer, and calls – brief contact, alarm and begging notes heard all year round.
Is the black-winged stilt endangered?
The IUCN Red List classifies the black-winged stilt as “least concern”.
What family does the black-winged stilt belong to?
The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) belongs to the family Recurvirostridae in the order Charadriiformes.
Sources & credits
- Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus himantopus) by Ashahar alias Krishna Khan – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Alarm call, call · Aljarafe (near Aznalcázar), Sevilla, Andalucía, Spain by Joost van Bruggen – CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
- Wikidata Q178821 – CC0
- Wikipedia: Black-winged stilt – CC BY-SA 4.0
- Photo by JJ Harrison ( https://www.jjharrison.com.au/ ) – CC BY-SA 3.0