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stilt

1. either of a pair of two long poles with footrests on which a person stands and walks, as used by circus clowns
2. any of several shore birds of the genera Himantopus and Cladorhynchus, similar to the avocets but having a straight bill
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stilt

1. A structural area or element lifting another such above its regular position.
2. A post which raises a structure above ground or water level.
3. A member placed above or below another vertical member for additional height.
5. Of a door frame: see base anchor.
6. A brace in bridging.
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First record of a breeding colony of black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus (Aves: Recurvirostridae) in northeastern Brazil.
Los reportes de parasitos intestinales en animales silvestres de vida libre contribuyen a la comprension de la compleja relacion entre hospederos y parasitos, por lo cual el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo reportar, por primera vez, el hallazgo de Profilicollis altmani en Himantopus mexicanus de la costa norte del Peru.
Duck Pato-bravo, Pato-marreco, Anas querquedula Garganey marreco Pega Pica pica Common magpie Peneireiro Falco tinnun- Common kestrel culus ou Falco or lesser kestrel naumanni Peneireiro dos bosques Peneirinha Perdiz, Alectoris rufa Red-legged perdigao, partridge perdigoto, perdigotinho Pernilongo Himantopus Black-winged himantopus stilt Peto, Picus viridis Green peto-real, woodpecker peto-rinchao, rincha-cavalo, cavalinho Picantarrox, Lanius spp.
Exhibit Species Deep Papuan (Blyth's) hornbill (Rliyticeros Forest (a) plicatus) Free Bali mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi) Flight (a) Black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) Blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota) Blue-grey tanager (Thraupis episcopus) Crested wood partridge (Rollulus roulroul) Golden-breasted starling (Cosmopsarus regius) Green-naped pheasant pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis) Inca tern (Larosterna inca) Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) Forest Bourke's parrot (Neophema bourkii), Edge Nicobar pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) Mountain Blue-faced honeyeater (Entomyzon Clearing (a) cyanotis) Laughing kookaburra (Dacelo novaeguineae) Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles) Propagation Bali mynah (Leucopsar rothschildi).
The two most-abundant breeding shorebirds in San Francisco Bay are American avocets (Recurvirostra americana) hereafter avocets) and black-necked stilts (Himantopus mexicanus; hereafter stilts; Stenzel et al., 2002; Rintoul et al., 2003).
Dos especies usan los tres habitats: Falco peregrinus (Tunstall, 1771) e Himantopus mexicanus (Muller, 1776).
The birds include the Socorro mockingbird (Mimus graysoni) of Socorro Island in Mexico, the black stilt of New Zealand (Himantopus novaezelandiae), the caerulean paradise-flycatcher (Eutrichomyias rowleyi) on Sangihe Island in Indonesia, Gurney's pitta (Pitta gurneyi) of Myanmar and Thailand, the long-legged thicketbird (Trichocichla rufa) of Viti Levu Island in Fiji, and the giant ibis (Pseudibis gigantea) of Cambodia, Laos, and Viet Nam.
squatarola (Linnaues), black- I O bellied plover Family Recurvirostridae (stilts and avocets) Himantopus mexicanus (Muller), I R black-necked stilt Recurvirostra americana Gmelin, I R American avocet Family Scolopacidae (sandpipers, phalaropes, and allies) Actitis macularia (Linnaeus), I O spotted sandpiper Arenaria interpres (Linnaeus), I R ruddy turnstone Bartramia longicauda I R (Bechstein), upland sandpiper Calidris acuminata (Horsfield), I R sharp-tailed sandpiper C.
Many migratory waders such as the black-tailed godwit (Limosa limosa) and green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus) take advantage of wet or temporarily flooded areas, as do other non-migratory birds like the ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) and black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus).
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