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Hi folks...
I was after a little help with respect to the
zoological name of a stilt.
In Adelaide I
have seen two relatively common stilts, one of which is the Black-winged stilt
(Himanoptus himanoptus) and I dont feel I have any problem with this
one. There is another species which has a completely white head although
looks very much like H himanoptus. I'm assuming its the one
called Banded stilt. What is the correct scientific name of the Banded
stilt? I see the species name as leucocephalus which clearly
is latin for white head, but I'm unsure of the genera, is it Himanoptus
or Cladorhynchus. If it isnt Himanoptus what is the
basis for the placement into another genera when they appear so much like each
other, although they are clearly distinct species which occur
sympatrically.
This is a photo of the bird in question which I
took on a beach just north of Adelaide.
Cheers
Mark Newton
Adelaide
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