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Now I know which one is male! Black-winged stilt - Himantopus himantopus Animal,Animalia,Aves,Bird,Black-winged stilt,Bulgaria,Charadriiformes,Chordata,Europe,Geotagged,Himantopus himantopus,Nature,Pyasachnik Dam,Recurvirostridae,Spring,Wildlife Click/tap to enlarge Promoted

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  1. Lol, when zooming in the widespread super focused eyes of the male are hilarious. Posted 7 years ago
    1. He is definitely hyperfocused Posted 7 years ago
  2. :) beautiful, Jivko! Posted 7 years ago
  3. Lucky her legs are strong stilts. Great shot Jivko Posted 4 years ago
  4. Beautiful moment! Posted 4 years ago

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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 May 19, 2018. Captured May 6, 2018 13:41 in Туристическа пътека Аква Терми - язовир Пясъчник, 4182, Bulgaria.
  • Canon EOS 7D Mark II
  • f/5.6
  • 1/2500s
  • ISO400
  • 560mm