Black-winged Stilt

Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758) — also called common stilt, African/Eurasian Black-winged Stilt. Occurrence records of the Black-winged Stilt are shared on GBIF from around 76 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all False Bay Nature Reserve (4 725 records), in 9 provinces.

IUCN: Least concern

76reserves with records

25 742records around them

9provinces

LCIUCN category

Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus) — Photo: Didier Descouens · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

Reserve	Province	Records
False Bay Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	4 725
Garden Route National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	2 982
iSimangaliso Wetland ParkProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 357
Marievale Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	GP Gauteng	1 235
Table Mountain National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	1 213
Knysna National Lake AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	1 119
Helderberg Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	1 017
St. Lucia SystemProtected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	1 009
Pledge Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	908
Paarl Bird SanctuaryWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	847
Rondevlei Nature ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	685
Greater Mapungubwe Transfrontier Conservation AreaTransfrontier area	LP Limpopo	663
Dick Dent Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	593
Langebaan Lagoon Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	564
Seal IslandNature reserve	WC Western Cape	542
Steenbok Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	530
West Coast National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	486
Macassar Dunes Conservation AreaProtected area	WC Western Cape	452
Limietberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	397
Featherbed Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	348
St. Lucia Game ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	298
Rocherpan Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	291
West Coast Fossil ParkProtected heritage site	WC Western Cape	270
Grysbok ParkNature reserve	WC Western Cape	268
Fernkloof Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	218
De Hoop Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	216
Raapenberg Bird SanctuaryGame reserve	WC Western Cape	193
Mapungubwe National ParkNational park	LP Limpopo	186
Turtle Beaches / Coral Reefs of TongalandMarine protected area	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	179
Sneeuwberg Protected EnvironmentProtected area	FS Free State	171
Zeekoevlei Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	169
Lake Sibayi Fresh Water ReserveNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	146
Lambert’s Bay Bird Island Nature ReserveGame reserve	WC Western Cape	141
Blaauwberg Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	140
Vredenheim Big Cats ParkWildlife sanctuary	WC Western Cape	93
Kabeljous Nature ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	80
False Bay ParkNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	79
Nyalazi State ForestForest reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	61
Rotary ParkNature reserve	GP Gauteng	61
Lutzville Conservation AreaNature reserve	WC Western Cape	59
Tienie Versveld Wildflower ReserveProtected area	WC Western Cape	49
Tienie Versfeld Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	49
Golela BushNature reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	44
Vogelgat Private Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	38
Fort D' Acre ReserveNature reserve	EC Eastern Cape	36
Bronkhorstspruit Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	35
Bronkies Nature ReserveNature reserve	GP Gauteng	35
Stilbaai Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	32
Aquila Safari Reserve DirectionsPrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	32
Aquila Private Game ReservePrivate game reserve	WC Western Cape	32
Akkerendam Nature ReserveNature reserve	NC Northern Cape	30
Morris point / Uitkyk puntNature reserve	WC Western Cape	29
Ceres Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	28
Sixteen Mile Beach Marine Protected AreaMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	27
!Khwa ttu Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	26
Walker Bay Whale SanctuaryMarine protected area	WC Western Cape	24
Ndumo Game ReserveGame reserve	KZN KwaZulu-Natal	22
Koeberg Nature ReserveNature reserve	WC Western Cape	20
Loskop Dam Nature ReserveNature reserve	MP Mpumalanga	17
Agulhas National ParkNational park	WC Western Cape	17

and 16 more reserves with fewer records.

By province

Western Cape: 43 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal: 10 reserves
Gauteng: 9 reserves
Eastern Cape: 5 reserves
Limpopo: 4 reserves
Free State: 2 reserves
Mpumalanga: 1 reserve
Northern Cape: 1 reserve
North West: 1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class: Aves
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Recurvirostridae
Scientific name: Himantopus himantopus
GBIF taxon: 5229126
Wikidata: Q178821

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.