The birds pictured above were formerly known as “pied stilts”, and considered an Australasian subspecies of Himantopus himantopus, “yesterday’s heroes” – see #10 in this series.
This post’s heroes are now generally considered members of their own species, Himantopus leucocephalus.
Their “preferred” common name: white-headed stilts.
Each of these three individuals has the full complement of two legs.
Stilts, however, often prefer to stand on one leg, with the other one neatly folded and tucked into their lower feathers.
I think the left-most stilt is a female and the other two are males.
This species is not endangered, and can thrive within cities; the pictured individuals would have no reason to visit Perth’s GPO, but it is within a couple of minutes of their flying time.
Click here to discover more about this species.
Photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken at Pelican Point, Crawley (inner suburban Perth) at 2.49 pm on 18 April 2023.
At the time my beloved and I were enjoying a post-lunch walk along a lovely, easily-accessible section of the Swan River estuary’s foreshore; that walk will soon have its own multi-image post/s on Pelican Yoga.