Himantopus

Japanese: Himantopus
Himantopus

...The legs are relatively short and red. There are two genera of stilts, Himantopus and Cladorhynchus , each of which has one species, H. himantopus (black-winged stilt) (illustration) and C. leucocephalus (banded stilt). The black-winged stilt is endemic to Australia, but the banded stilt is widely distributed throughout the tropical regions of the world, and is sometimes divided into eight species.

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Japanese:

…脚は比較的短くて赤い。セイタカシギ類(英名stilt)にはセイタカシギ属Himantopusとムネアカセイタカシギ属Cladorhynchusの2属があり,それぞれセイタカシギH.himantopus(英名black‐winged stilt)(イラスト)とムネアカセイタカシギC.leucocephalus(英名banded stilt)の1種ずつがいる。ムネアカセイタカシギはオーストラリアの特産であるが,セイタカシギは世界の温熱帯に広く分布し,8種に分ける場合もある。…

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