The hot, dry Australian desert may not come to mind as an ideal location for waterbirds to breed, but some species wait years for the opportunity to do just that. New research has shed light on one of ...

Desert water bird sounds like an oxymoron. But some species, including the Australian banded stilt, make this peculiar lifestyle work. The stilt—which has the posture of a flamingo, the palate of a ...

Put a ring on it: banded stilts have been tracked for the first time. Photo: Ben Parkhurst Put a ring on it: banded stilts have been tracked for the first time. Photo: Ben Parkhurst Banded stilts ...

Nomadic birds Satellite tracking of Australian banded stilts reveals they fly massive distances at fast speeds after 'sniffing out' inland desert lakes, making them one of the fastest of the nomadic ...

Thousands of birds have abandoned wetlands on Western Australia's coastline and flocked to the Goldfields, following heavy rain in the region. A large number of banded stilts, which are a small ...

The hot, dry Australian desert may not come to mind as an ideal location for waterbirds to breed, but some species wait years for the opportunity to do just that. Such behaviour has been a mystery for ...