Stilts
are very long-legged shore birds thus the name stilts. There are three species and four sub-species.
Black-winged Stilt or White-backed Stilt, Himantopus himantopus
Pied Stilt or White-headed Stilt, Himantopus (himantopus) leucocephalus
Hawaiian Stilt or aeʻo, Himantopus (himantopus/mexicanus) knudseni
White-backed Stilt, Himantopus (himantopus/mexicanus) melanurus
Black-necked Stilt, Himantopus (himantopus/mexicanus) mexicanus
Black Stilt, Himantopus novaezelandiae
Banded Stilt, Cladorhynchus leucocephalus