white-headed stilt

Definitions of white-headed stilt
  1. noun
    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
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    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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