What is Black-winged stilt?
{{Speciesbox | image =Himantopus himantopus - Pak Thale.jpg | status = LC | status_ref =<ref name=IUCN>{{cite IUCN |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22727969/155440465 |publisher=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species |title=Black-winged Stilt: ''Himantopus leucocephalus'' |author1=BirdLife International |accessdate=September 4, 2021 |volume= 2019 |page=e.T22727969A155440465 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T22727969A155440465.en}}</ref> | status_system = IUCN3.1 | taxon = Himantopus leucocephalus | authority = | range_map = |synonyms= | synonyms_ref= }} The '''black-winged stilt''' or '''pied stilt''' (''Himantopus himantopus'') is a bird in the family [[Recurvirostridae]]. It lives in many places in the world: Australia, South America, Central America, Africa, southern Asia, some of North America, some of Europe, the Philippines, New Zealand, New Guinea, Indonesia, and the Solomon Islands.<ref name=BLA>{{cite web|publisher=[[Birdlife Australia]]|url=https://birdlife.org.au/bird-profile/black-winged-stilt|title=Black-winged Stilt: Himantopus himantopus Recurvirostridae|accessdate=September 8, 2021}}</ref> ==Appearance== This bird has black and white feathers. Its legs are long and orange. Its bill is straight and black. The [[iris]]es of its eyes are red. They have gray feathers on their heads. The gray part gets bigger as the bird gets older.<ref name=BLA /> ==Habitat and food== This bird lives in mudflats, marshes, and the shores of lakes and rivers.<ref name=BLA /> This bird [[wading|wades]]. It walks through shallow water on its long legs. It uses its beak to catch small [[invertebrate|animals with no spines]] off the top of the water. It can swim and put its head under the water to catch food, but it does not do this often. It eats [[insect]]s, [[mollusk]]s, and [[crustacean]]s. It can look for food in large [[flocks]], groups of birds. The birds in the flock do not all have to be black-winged stilts. The black-winged stilt will look for food with [[banded stilts]] and [[red-necked avocets]] to