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black_stilt Black-winged Stilt,Himantopus himantopus Click/tap to enlarge

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    Green Fly
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    Black Winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) with four little ones in a tiny mud-island they had made their home at the Bhigwan Wetlands, India. I noticed both the parents took turns to care for the little ones. After the sun set, the chicks huddled up with the parent who kind of 'sat over them' to provide the much needed warmth and security. Posted 11 years ago
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      Wecome to JungleDragon, Paramvir! When you know the species on your photo you can enter it from the "Identify species" icon next to it. This will include additional information for this species and add your photo to the Wildlife browser. Posted 11 years ago

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The Black-winged stilt

The black-winged stilt is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family. The scientific name "H. himantopus" was formerly applied to a single, almost cosmopolitan species. It is now normally applied to the form that is widespread in Eurosiberia and Africa and which was formerly regarded as the nominate subspecies of "Himantopus himantopus" "sensu lato".

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Uploaded Jun 15, 2014. Captured Apr 10, 2014 18:26.
  • NIKON D800
  • f/5.6
  • 1/1250s
  • ISO800
  • 400mm