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    The pied stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus), also known as the white-headed stilt, is a shorebird in the family Recurvirostridae. It is widely distributed...
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    black-necked (H. mexicanus) and white-backed stilts (H. melanurus) both inhabit the Americas; the pied stilt (H. leucocephalus) ranges from Australasia...
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    Black-winged stilt, Himantopus himantopus White-backed stilt, Himantopus melanurus Pied stilt, Himantopus leucocephalus Black-necked stilt, Himantopus...
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    one reason black stilts are threatened with extinction. Black and pied stilts in New Zealand represent two colonisations of pied stilt ancestors from Australia:...
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    The pied avocet (Recurvirostra avosetta) is a large black and white wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae. They breed in temperate Europe...
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    the black stilt of New Zealand, is critically endangered due to habitat loss, introduced predators, and hybridisation with the pied stilt. These species...
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    Farrar Royal spoonbill Jeremy Wells Pied stilt Sam Hunt New Zealand fantail Kim Hill Kererū Kiri Te Kanawa 2008 Pied stilt Sam Hunt Tūī Sam Morgan Yellow-eyed...
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  • abundant along the coastline. The New Zealand dotterel, oystercatcher, pied stilt and paradise duck breed on the island. The archeological features of Urupukapuka...
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    adults and juveniles. Its remaining plumage is pied and the eyes are dark brown. Nestling banded stilts have white down, unlike any other species of wader...
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    all constructed by PT. In an unorthodox approach to field maintenance, pied stilt birds are let out daily to eat pests, avoiding the need for pesticides...
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