View of Hawaiian Stilt, ae`o in anchialine fishponds and surrounding native vegetation at Kaupulehu, Kona, Hawaii

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View of Hawaiian Stilt, ae`o in anchialine fishponds and surrounding native vegetation at Kaupulehu, Kona, Hawaii. The Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) is an endangered Hawaiian subspecies of the black-necked stilt (H. mexicanus) species.[2][5] It is a long-legged, slender shorebird with a long, thin beak.[1] Other common names include the Hawaiian black-necked stilt, the ae’o (from a Hawaiian name for the bird and word for stilts),[6] the kukuluae’o (a Hawaiian name for the bird and word for “one standing high”),[4][6] or it may be referred to as the Hawaiian subspecies of the black-necked stilt.[7]

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