Immature Plumages and Flight View
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Juvenile, Perth Zoo
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Nestling of himantopus. The other taxa look the same at this age
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Himantopus himantopus himantopus in flight
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Fledgling (Laguna di Venezia, Italy)
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Hawaiian Stilt on Kauai, Hawaii
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