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 Namib-Naukluft National Park
Pied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
Dominican Gull
Larus dominicanus
Hartlaub's Gull
Chroicocephalus hartlaubii
Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola
Crested Tern
Thalasseus bergii
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
📅 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 Namib-Naukluft National Park?
About 29% of visitor-days record a Black-winged Stilt sighting in Namib-Naukluft National Park, based on 357 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-winged Stilt in Namib-Naukluft National Park?
December has the highest sighting rate for Black-winged Stilt in Namib-Naukluft National Park in our monthly data.