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Noun: white-headed stilt
  1. Stilt of the southwest Pacific including Australia and New Zealand having mostly white plumage but with black wings and nape of neck
    - Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus

Derived forms: white-headed stilts

Type of: Himantopus stilt, longlegs, long-legs, stilt, stilt plover, stiltbird

Part of: genus Himantopus, Himantopus

Encyclopedia: White-headed stilt