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white-headed stilt

DEFINITIONS OF: white-headed stilt

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n stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck

Synonyms:
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus
Type of:
Himantopus stilt, long-legs, longlegs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird
long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons
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