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Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt - 1st winter

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Las Galletas (Arona), Tenerife

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» October, 2021

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with zoom Tamron 70-300 mm

Bird Species

»Himantopus himantopus - Black-winged Stilt

Bird Species (French)

»Echasse blanche

Bird Family

»Recurvirostridae - Stilts, Avocets

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» A very tame individual. This species has bred only once on Tenerife, in 2001, but it is seen more or less regularly in low numbers in this island. The age of the bird in the image has been confirmed by Tony Prater, expert in shorebirds.

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