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Black Winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

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A pretty bird with long legs...

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Ashutosh Dudhatra
Thnk u patty!.....and maybe the bird was named on the basis of stilts humans used :)
patty
Now we surely know where the "stilts" from walking stilts for humans comes from... Awesome bird! =)

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PublishedApril 17, 2014

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