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Himantopus leucocephalus

Pied Stilt at Fyshwick, ACT

Himantopus leucocephalus at Fyshwick, ACT - 1 Nov 2017
Himantopus leucocephalus at Fyshwick, ACT - 1 Nov 2017
Himantopus leucocephalus at Fyshwick, ACT - 1 Nov 2017
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Identification history

Himantopus leucocephalus 3 Dec 2017 ChrisDavey
Himantopus leucocephalus 1 Dec 2017 RodDeb
Himantopus leucocephalus 1 Dec 2017 AaronClausen
Himantopus leucocephalus 29 Nov 2017 RodDeb

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User's notes

in photos 2 and 3 there is a Pink-eared duck near the Black-winged Stilt's feet

4 comments

ChrisDavey wrote:
   1 Dec 2017
Hi, could you please crop and resubmit so that there is only one species in the image. I cannot id the image when there are two species visible.
RodDeb wrote:
   1 Dec 2017
Will resubmit photo, just tried to do it but came back with a server error will try again.
Apologies for any inconvenience.
ChrisDavey wrote:
   1 Dec 2017
Many thanks and for all of your recently posted sightings. You must have had fun cleaning out the bottom drawer! Chris
RodDeb wrote:
   2 Dec 2017
Have cropped the photos hope these will be okay now.
Still have more in the bottom drawer :)

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Location information

Sighting information

  • 1 Abundance
  • 1 Nov 2017 12:40 PM Recorded on
  • RodDeb Recorded by

Species information

  • Himantopus leucocephalus Scientific name
  • Pied Stilt Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Rare or uncommon native
  • Non-Invasive
  • Up to 825m Recorded at altitude
  • 181 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Himantopus himantopus
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