Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Ciconiimorphae > Order Charadriiformes > Suborder Charadrii > Superfamily Recurvirostroidea > Family Recurvirostridae > Genus Himantopus

Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

HimantopusBrisson, 1760accepted genus name

Species group names

Charadrius himantopus Linnaeus, 1758 objective synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 Albanian: fisnikorja këmbëkuqe; kalorësi sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.
 Bulgarian: Кокилобегач sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Danish: stylteløber sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Dutch: steltkluut sources: Jonsson, L. (1993). Vogels van Europa, Noord-Afrika en het Midden-Oosten [Birds of Europe, northern Africa and the Middle East]. Tirion: Baarn, The Netherlands. ISBN 90-5210-187-6. 560 pp.
 English: black-winged stilt; common stilt sources: Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
 French: echasse blanche sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.
 German: Stelzenläufer sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Greek: Καλαμοκανάς sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Hebrew: תמירון sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Italian: cavaliere d'Italia sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Japanese: セイタカシギ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.
 Lithuanian: kojūkas sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian: stylteløper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Bokmål: stylteløper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Norwegian Nynorsk: stylteløpar sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Polish: szczudłak zwyczajny sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Romanian: piciorong sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Russian: ходулочник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Slovenian: polojnik sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Spanish, Castillian: cigüeñuela común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Swedish: styltlöpare sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Turkish: uzunbacak sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Ukrainian: Довгоніг; Кулик-довгоніг; Ходуличник sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points
 Welsh: hirgoes

Literature

basis of record

Urban, E. K.; Fry, C. H.; Keith, S. (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

additional source

Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.

additional source

King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia. pp. 431-554.

additional source

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.

Genbank

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Citation

WoRMS (2025). Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=212609

Drs. Cees Roselaar. Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at https://portal.cybertaxonomy.org/fauna-europaea/cdm_dataportal/taxon/7a0a501e-2022-4aba-b710-6d85e9fc7595

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Occurrence

 Present  Absent  Doubtful  Native  Introduced  Naturalised  Invasive  Managed  No data

Environment


marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial

Importance

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2011-04-08 by Drs. Cees Roselaar & by Peter Adriaens

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