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Black Winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus

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Description:

A pretty bird with long legs...

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

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