Banded Stilt | |
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Banded Stilts, Governors Lake, Rottnest Island |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Recurvirostridae |
Genus: | Cladorhynchus G.R. Gray, 1840 |
Species: | C. leucocephalus |
Binomial name | |
Cladorhynchus leucocephalus (Vieillot, 1816) |
The Banded Stilt (Cladorhynchus leucocephalus) is a nomadic stilt from Australia. It belongs to the monotypical genus Cladorhynchus. It gets its name from the red-brown breast band found on breeding adults, but this is mottled or entirely absent in non-breeding adults and juveniles. Its remaining plumage is pied and the eyes are dark brown. They breed whenever the water conditions are suitable and lay 3-4 white, brown or black eggs on a scrape.
It is locally known as the Rottnest snipe on Rottnest Island, though not related to true snipes.