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 iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
African Jacana
Actophilornis africanus
Grey-hooded Gull
Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Water Thick-knee
Burhinus vermiculatus
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Collared Pratincole
Glareola pratincola
African Wattled Lapwing
Vanellus senegallus
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Wood Sandpiper
Tringa glareola
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
📅 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 iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
About 11% of visitor-days record a Black-winged Stilt sighting in iSimangaliso Wetland Park, based on 151 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-winged Stilt in iSimangaliso Wetland Park?
March has the highest sighting rate for Black-winged Stilt in iSimangaliso Wetland Park in our monthly data.