Black-winged Stilt - Immature Plumages and Flight View

Immature Plumages and Flight View

  • Juvenile, Perth Zoo

  • Nestling of himantopus. The other taxa look the same at this age

  • Himantopus himantopus himantopus in flight

  • Fledgling (Laguna di Venezia, Italy)

  • Hawaiian Stilt on Kauai, Hawaii

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