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Black-winged Stilt; Cigüeñuela

Himantopus himantopus

Description:

All chicks look similar when they first hatch but the bill is similar to the parent in colour and shape and the legs also indicate the parentage. In pic 2 there is a Common Tern chick perhaps 3 weeks old behind the grass just above the right hand chick.

Habitat:

Coastal marshes

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Sagunto/Sagunt, Comunitat Valenciana, Spain

Spotted on Jun 19, 2013
Submitted on Jul 15, 2013

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