Stilts and Avocets (Recurvirostridae)
Black Stilt (Himantopus novaezelandiae) - HBW 3, p. 345
French: Échasse noire
German: Schwarzer Stelzenläufer
Spanish: Cigüeñuela Negra
Taxonomy: Himantopus novæ-zelandiæ Gould, 1841, Port Nicholson, North Island, New Zealand.
Forms superspecies with H. himantopus, with which sometimes considered conspecific (see page 332); known to hybridize with H. h. leucocephalus, and the two species have very similar courtship and breeding behaviour. Monotypic.
Distribution: New Zealand: formerly widespread, but breeding now restricted to MacKenzie Basin, C South I; small numbers winter locally in North I.
- Critically Endangered Enlarge map
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An individual preening and scratching the head while another one is sleeping close to it. Locality Lake Pukaki, Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2013 9 weeks ago 52 sec 4.9 -
A bird stretching the wings and sleeping on one leg. Locality Lake Pukaki, Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2013 9 weeks ago 1 min 4.8 -
A bird catching and eating little fishes (35% speed at the end). Locality Lake Pukaki, Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2013 9 weeks ago 56 sec 4.7 -
A bird running on the water to discover prey, using the same strategy as herons. Locality Lake Pukaki, Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2013 9 weeks ago 1 min 6 sec 4.7 -
A bird foraging on a lake. Locality Lake Pukaki, Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2013 9 weeks ago 37 sec 4.6 -
Two birds feeding on a lake, one of them eating two fishes. Locality Lake Pukaki, Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 25 January 2013 9 weeks ago 30 sec 4.5
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The rare and endangered Black Stilt (kaki) which is found only on the braided rivers and wetlands of the South Island of New Zea
Locality Twizel, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 2 March 2012 1 year ago 4.5 -
Black Stilt in the sunlight. Most black stilts are banded now.
Locality Twizel, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 14 November 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
The rare and endangered Black Stilt, an endemic bird of New Zealand.
Locality Twizel, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 11 May 2010 1 year ago 4.4 -
A cross between the New Zealand rare endemic Black Stilt and the common Pied Stilt.
Locality Twizel, South Island, New Zealand (ssp Black Stilt/Pied Stilt Hybrid)
Glenda Rees 13 November 2011 1 year ago 4.4 -
Juvenile in flight
Locality Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 16 February 2013 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.3 -
A rare & endangered Black Stilt running along in the early morning dew.
Locality Twizel, South Island, New Zealand
Glenda Rees 14 November 2011 1 year ago 4
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A single bird wading through shallow water. Locality Waikuku Beach, South Island, New Zealand
(Monotypic species)
Nick Talbot 21 August 2011 1 year ago 0
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