Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Charadriiformes > Family Recurvirostridae > Genus Himantopus

Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Charadrius Linnaeus, 1758

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Himantopus*	Brisson, 1760	accepted 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.

Bokmål (Norwegian): stylteløper sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

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., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.

English-United States: Black-winged Stilt sources: Charles Hussey

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

Israel (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

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: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 151

Norwegian Nynorsk: stylteløpar sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 151

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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., C.H. Fry & S. Keith (1986). The Birds of Africa, Volume II. Academic Press, London.
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.
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.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (169 publications)
Barcode of Life (11 barcodes)
GenBank (24 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212609

Drs Cees Roselaar. Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758). Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=96900