WHITE-BACKED STILT (HIMANTOPUS MELANURUS) PERNILONGO-DE-COSTAS-BRANCAS, Bird cooling off in the pond

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Channel: Fauna and Flora · 2016 · Pets & Animals

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#aquaticecosystems #whitebackedstilt #birdsofmarshregions - (Habitats: Lagoons, estuaries, river and sea beaches, mangroves, rice paddies, marshes, and wetlands!)

White-backed Stilt. Scientific name: Himantopus melanurus, Brazilian name: Pernilongo-de-costas-brancas. Class: Birds, Phylum: Chordata, Order: Charadriiformes, Family: Recurvirostridae. Also Known As: Perna-de-pau and Maçaricão. Diet: Insects and aquatic invertebrates. Geographical Distribution: It occurs in a good part of the Brazilian Territory, however, rare or non-existent, in most States of the Regions: North and Northeast. It also occurs in southern Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay.

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