Black-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyRecurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets)
- GenusHimantopus (Typical Stilts)
- SpeciesHimantopus himantopus (Black-winged Stilt)
Closest Relatives at Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Eastern Sand Plover
Charadrius veredus
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Northern Lapwing
Vanellus vanellus
Long-toed Stint
Calidris subminuta
Temminck's Stint
Calidris temminckii
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Kentish Plover
Charadrius alexandrinus
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Black-winged Stilt in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park?
About 3% of visitor-days record a Black-winged Stilt sighting in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, based on 36 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-winged Stilt in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park?
April has the highest sighting rate for Black-winged Stilt in Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park in our monthly data.