Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Black-winged stilts gain a size of up to 36 cm, from which …
… six centimeters are for the beak.
The up to 17 cm long legs are not counted to the body size.
At mating times …
… the black-winged stilts defend …
… decidedly and aggressively …
… their territory, whereas also small …
… chases might happen:
So it is mostly during breeding season when the black-winged stilts give their shrill "waywayway" calls:
Other water birds like to breed near the attentive black-winged stilts, because those are warning all others with their shrill and persistent calls:
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Salines of Bonanza
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