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 Sundarbans National Park
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Whimbrel
Numenius phaeopus
Eurasian Curlew
Numenius arquata
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Little Tern
Sternula albifrons
Terek Sandpiper
Xenus cinereus
Greater Sandplover
Charadrius leschenaultii
Brown-headed Gull
Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus
Grey-headed Lapwing
Vanellus cinereus
Pacific Golden-Plover
Pluvialis fulva
Bronze-winged Jacana
Metopidius indicus
Red-wattled Lapwing
Vanellus indicus
📅 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 Sundarbans National Park?
About 0% of visitor-days record a Black-winged Stilt sighting in Sundarbans National Park, based on 5 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Black-winged Stilt in Sundarbans National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Black-winged Stilt in Sundarbans National Park in our monthly data.