White-backed stilt

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White-backed stilt
White-backed stilts (H. melanurus) Pantanal, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Charadriiformes
Family:	Recurvirostridae
Genus:	Himantopus
Species:	H. melanurus
Binomial name
Himantopus melanurus Vieillot, 1817
Synonyms
Himantopus himantopus melanurus Himantopus mexicanus melanurus

The white-backed stilt (Himantopus melanurus) is a locally abundant shorebird of South American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from northwest Brazil to southwest Peru and southcentral Argentina.