BLACK STILT

Photographed on Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand, April, 2019

1288                BLACK STILT              Himantopus novaezelandiae  

NEW ZEALAND              108

Also known by Maori name Kaki. Breeds on riverbeds, lake margins and ponds of Mackenzie Basin, inland South Canterbury. After breeding, most of the c 70 adult birds move to river deltas of major lakes in the Mackenzie Basin, and some to estuaries of eastern South Island and western North Island.