Bird Watching - Black Winged Stilt

Black Winged Stilt

The Black-winged Stilt is a large black and white wader with long orange-red legs and a straight black bill. It has black on the back of the neck, a white collar and a red iris. Both sexes are similar, and the plumage does not change during the year.

Local Names : Tinghur (Hindi)

                        Pavilla kal ullan (Tamil)

                        Pavizhakali (Malayalam)

The Black-winged Stilt is a social species, and is usually found in small groups. They are almost always seen near shallow water, including both salt and fresh water, especially mudflats, salt pans, saltmarshes, and many human-modified habitats such as sewage ponds, evaporation pools, and flooded fields.

In Flight, its long legs stick out far beyond the tail. 

Nest is a depression in the ground on the margin of a jheel, or a raised platform of pebbles in shallow water, lined with vegetable scum or flag if reeds. often breeds in large colonies. eggs- 3 or 4 light drab in color, densely blotched with black.  Both sexes incubate the eggs and look after the young.

References

The Book of Indian Birds (Salim Ali)

Wikipedia

Pictures:

Pallikaranai Wetlands ( January 2020)

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while looking at the pictures of Black winged Stilt, i found this one. you might easily get confused , its not the same as black winged stilt, This is Pied Avocet and its a migratory species, In winter it moves to warmer places. The Pied Avocet is a black and white bird with a very long, upturned beak.