The elegant avocet, scientifically named Himantopus himantopus, is a shorebird (a bird that feeds and lives in mud) that lives all over the world except the Arctic and Antarctic.

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It is a bird belonging to the family of the Recurvirostridae and the order of the Charadriiformes.

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She is recognizable by her black and white or all-white head (depending on gender), white throat and belly, and black wings. Its beak is black and its legs are orange.

In the white stilt, it is possible to recognize the female from the male. Indeed, the male has the black cap while that of the female is white.

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The white stilt feeds mainly on crustaceans and aquatic insects.

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She lives near lagoons, marshes, estuaries and the sea.

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It nests in colonies, on the ground. She lays 3 to 4 eggs .

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It is a rather talkative species.

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On the conservation status of IUCN, it is: LC Least concern.