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Black-winged Stilt

Black-winged Stilt - Nest with eggs

Photographer

» Ruben Barone Tosco

Location

» Saltpans of Janubio (Yaiza), Lanzarote

Country image taken

» Canary Islands

Date

» April, 2016

Equipment

» Pentax K-m with Pentax 18-55 mm lens

Bird Species

»Himantopus himantopus - Black-winged Stilt

Bird Species (French)

»Echasse blanche

Bird Family

»Recurvirostridae - Stilts, Avocets

Bird Group

»Charadriiformes Gull, Skua, Tern, Wader

Bird Status

» Least Concern

Remarks

» This species breeds regularly in Lanzarote, Fuerteventura and Gran Canaria, and has bred once in Tenerife. The most important breeding site in the Canary archipelago are the Janubio's saltpans.

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