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Black-winged Stilt

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q178821
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Summary

Black-winged Stilt is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,602 views/month, #1,447 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[4]
  • Parent taxon: Himantopus[5]
  • Taxon name: Himantopus himantopus[6]
  • Commons category: Himantopus himantopus[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Himantopus himantopus[8]
  • Commons gallery: Himantopus himantopus[9]
  • External data available at URL: https://www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c[10]
  • Described by source: Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[11]
  • Short name: H. himantopus[12]
  • Taxon common name: Black-winged Stilt[13], Stelzenläufer[14], Cigüeñuela común[15], cames llargues[16], pisila čáponohá[17], karkjalg[18], Stylteløper[19], Ходулочник[20], セイタカシギ[21], Stylteløber[22], hirgoes adeinddu[23], pitkäjalka[24], gólyatöcs[25], szczudłak zwyczajny[26]
  • Mass: 21.8 g[27], 160 g[28]

Body

Identifiers

Black-winged Stilt's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 225398[29]. Black-winged Stilt's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5229126[30]. Black-winged Stilt's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176727[31].

Why It Matters

Black-winged Stilt has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 66 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

Related Entities

Burkina Faso

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [29] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [30] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [27] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  29. [28] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02037864-n
    Interlingual index id → i46076
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  2. 16w ago · Nikola Tulechki · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Regional conservation status → Q96377276
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Regional conservation status: Endangered status, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259821|batch #259821]]"
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