white-headed stilt

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   stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck

   SynonymsHimantopus himantopus leucocephalus

   Broaderstilt

   Part ofHimantopus

Questions about white-headed stilt

What does white-headed stilt mean?

white-headed stilt means "stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck".

What is another word for white-headed stilt?

Close synonyms include Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is white-headed stilt a common word?

white-headed stilt is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.