Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Order: Charadriiformes Family: Recurvirostridae Status: Vagrant to Madeira
Himantopus himantopus Biometrics
Wingspan: 67 - 83 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Total length: 35 - 40 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Weight: 250 - 300 g (Hume, 2002)
Status
Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2021: Occasional
Madeira local status by Romano et al, 2010: Exceptional
Madeira local status by Zino et al, 1995: Exceptional
Conservation status by the IUCN Red List Categories, 2013: Least Concern ver 3.1
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