A flock of Black-winged Stilts in flight over the sea on Bremmer Island Resort on the Gove Peninsula in East Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
The black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) is a widely distributed very long-legged wader in the avocet and stilt family (Recurvirostridae). The scientific name H. himantopus is sometimes applied to a single, almost cosmopolitan species.
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Location: Bremmer Island Resort, Nhulunbuy, Northern Territory, Australia
Photo credit: © Photography By Marco / Alamy / Afripics
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