Adult © Adam Fry
Immature © Peter Lowe
Adult © Andrew Allen
Adult © Corey Callaghan
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Habitat © David Tytherleigh

Banded Stilt Cladorhynchus leucocephalus

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Identification

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Large black-and-white shorebird with white head and long straight, needle-like bill, very long pink legs. Adult has prominent copper-colored belly-band, lacking in juvenile. Thick white trailing edge to wing obvious in flight. Occurs in small groups or in immense flocks, usually close to inland salt lakes or coastal lagoons.

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