a genus of birds

shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews

long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck

stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings

stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck

shorebirds: plovers; sandpipers; avocets; phalaropes; coursers; stone curlews

long-legged three-toed black-and-white wading bird of inland ponds and marshes or brackish lagoons

stilt of southwestern United States to northern South America having black plumage extending from the head down the back of the neck

stilt of Europe and Africa and Asia having mostly white plumage but with black wings

stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck