Himantopus leucocephalus

1 Pied Stilt at Pialligo, ACT

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Identification history

	Himantopus leucocephalus	21 Dec 2021	natureguy
	Himantopus leucocephalus	21 Dec 2021	RodDeb

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2 pairs with 2 nests plus 2 immature birds Thanks to Kim Farley for the info via the COG email and on eBird with the great details of exactly where to stop to see them. Apologies for the poor quality photos, they were quite a distance away and the heat haze did not help.

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natureguy wrote:

21 Dec 2021

Great to see that they're back at it again breeding, I wonder if they were the same birds that were at Jerra Wetlands earlier in the season? Hopefully they'll have some better luck. This is also the first breeding record away from Jerra Wetlands in the ACT, and one of the fewer ACT records of the species in general away from that site, which is definitely their local stronghold during the summer months.

RodDeb wrote:

21 Dec 2021

Yes it sure was great to see them again, even if at a distance. We did wonder if the 2 immature birds may have been ones that survived from Jerra Wetlands but unfortunately there is no way to find out and they didn't fly over and have a chat with us. It is wonderful to see them breeding here still, just hope the big rains don't come at the wrong time again for them.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.184393 -35.285335
Altitude 593.0m
Places Pialligo, ACT

Sighting information

6 Abundance
21 Dec 2021 11:56 AM Recorded on
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True Nesting site

Species information

Himantopus leucocephalus Scientific name
Pied Stilt Common name
Not Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 825m Recorded at altitude
222 images trained Machine learning
Synonyms
Himantopus himantopus

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