Hawaiian stilt
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The Hawaiian stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) is an endangered Hawaiian subspecies of the black-necked stilt (H. mexicanus) species.[2][5] It is a long-legged, slender shorebird with a long, thin beak.[1] Other common names include the Hawaiian black-necked stilt, the aeʻo (from a Hawaiian name for the bird and word for stilts),[6] the kukuluaeʻo (a Hawaiian name for the bird and word for “one standing high”),[4][6] or it may be referred to as the Hawaiian subspecies of the black-necked stilt.[7]
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Hawaiian stilt | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Charadriiformes |
Family: | Recurvirostridae |
Genus: | Himantopus |
Species: | |
Subspecies: | H. m. knudseni |
Trinomial name | |
Himantopus mexicanus knudseni Stejneger, 1887[2] | |
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