First observations of Black-winged Stilt <i>Himantopus himantopus</i> on Robben Island

Abstract

The species most recently added to the Robben Island birdlist was the Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta (Sherley and Robinson 2012). This short note adds a closely related species to this birdlist, the Black-winged Stilt Himantopus himantopus