W.E.S. - Black Winged Stilts

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" ALINK="#FF0000" VLINK="#FF0000" TOPMARGIN="10" BOTTOMMARGIN="10" LEFTMARGIN="10" RIGHTMARGIN="10"> <IMG SRC="../../media/birds/black_winged_stilt.jpg" ALT="Black Winged Stilt" WIDTH="222" HEIGHT="196" BORDER="0" ALIGN="left" HSPACE="8"> <FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="6"><B>Black Winged Stilt</B></FONT> <BR> <FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="2"><I>Himantopus himantopus</I></FONT> <FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="3"> <P ALIGN="justify"> Black Winged Stilts originated in southern Europe. People, however have seen them bred in London, England. They like to live around marshes or lagoons with open water. These birds are rare in their occurrence. <P ALIGN="justify"> These stilts have black solid back. The upper side of their wings are also black. The <A HREF="../glossary.html#plumage" TARGET="eslist">plumage</A> is white. The males, however, have brownish heads. The bills are straight. Their long and sharp bill is used in picking insects from the water as food. The stilts can be as large as 15 inches (38.1cm). <P ALIGN="justify"> Black Winged Stilts live in nests. These birds share in a loose colony or stay in a small group. They prefer to build their nests near <A HREF="../glossary.html#tussocks" TARGET="eslist">tussocks</A> in low water or on dry ground. </FONT> <BR><BR> <IMG SRC="../../media/maps/black_winged_stilt.gif" ALT="Map of Where Black Winged Stilts Are Located" WIDTH="320" HEIGHT="183" HSPACE="6" VSPACE="2" BORDER="0" ALIGN="right"> <P ALIGN="justify"> <FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="2"> <U>Bibliography</U> </FONT> <UL TYPE="square"> <FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="1"> <LI>Collar, N.J., and P Andrew, L.P. Gonzaga, R.F. Grimmett, T.H. Johnson, A.J. Stattersfield. <U>Birds To Watch - The ICBP World Checklist of Threatened Birds.</U> ICBP Technical Publication No. 8. Smithsonian Institution Press: 1988.</LI> </FONT> </UL> <BR> <FONT FACE="verdana,arial,helvetica" SIZE="1"> [<A HREF="../esframe.html#es" TARGET="_top">Endangered Species List</A>] [ <A HREF="../slide/owl_slide.html" TARGET="_top">Back to slide show</A> ] <BR><BR> <HR WIDHT="75%" SIZE="2"> &#169 1998 Team 19689 - World Endangered Species <BR> <ADDRESS>../19689/data/birds/black_winged_stilt_frame.html</ADDRESS></FONT> </BODY>