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[[Image:Black-necked_Stilt.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Leslie|Leslie}}<br />Location: [[San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary]], Irvine, [[California]], February 2006]] | [[Image:Black-necked_Stilt.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Leslie|Leslie}}<br />Location: [[San Joaquin Wildlife Sanctuary]], Irvine, [[California]], February 2006]] | ||
;[[:Category:Himantopus|Himantopus]] mexicanus | ;[[:Category:Himantopus|Himantopus]] mexicanus | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
*White underparts | *White underparts | ||
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*Long pink legs | *Long pink legs | ||
*Long thin black bill | *Long thin black bill | ||
| + | * ''melanurus'' has less black and more white on head | ||
'''Males''' - greenish gloss to back and wings, particularly in breeding season<br /> | '''Males''' - greenish gloss to back and wings, particularly in breeding season<br /> | ||
'''Females''' - tinged brown. | '''Females''' - tinged brown. | ||
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>==== | ====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>==== | ||
| + | [[Image:White-backed_Stilt.jpg|thumb|350px|right|White-backed Stilt<br 7>Photo by arthurgrosset<br />Photo taken: Cassino, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.]] | ||
*''H. m. mexicanus'': | *''H. m. mexicanus'': | ||
:*Western and southern [[US]] to eastern [[Ecuador]], south-western [[Peru]] and north-eastern [[Brazil]]; winters in the [[West Indies]] | :*Western and southern [[US]] to eastern [[Ecuador]], south-western [[Peru]] and north-eastern [[Brazil]]; winters in the [[West Indies]] | ||
*''H. m. knudseni'': | *''H. m. knudseni'': | ||
:*[[Hawaiian Islands]] | :*[[Hawaiian Islands]] | ||
| + | * ''H. m. melanurus'': | ||
| + | :* [[Peru]] and northeast [[Brazil]] to south-central [[Argentina]] - sometimes split as White-backed Stilt | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
[[Image:Black necked stilt flight DSC0181.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />Orlando, [[Florida]], [[USA]], June 2007]] | [[Image:Black necked stilt flight DSC0181.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|Neil|Neil}}<br />Orlando, [[Florida]], [[USA]], June 2007]] | ||
Revision as of 11:44, 22 September 2012
- Himantopus mexicanus
Includes: White-backed Stilt
Identification
- White underparts
- Black wings and back
- White tail with some grey banding
- Black cap
- Small white spot above eye
- Long pink legs
- Long thin black bill
- melanurus has less black and more white on head
Males - greenish gloss to back and wings, particularly in breeding season
Females - tinged brown.
Distribution
U.S. to southern Peru and Brazil; Hawaiian Islands.
Taxonomy
Subspecies1
- H. m. mexicanus:
- Western and southern US to eastern Ecuador, south-western Peru and north-eastern Brazil; winters in the West Indies
- H. m. knudseni:
- H. m. melanurus:
Habitat
Wetlands and coastlines, up to 2500m.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes aquatic invertebrates, crustaceans, arthropods, molluscs, small fish and tadpoles.
Breeding
They nest on mudflats. The clutch consists of 3-5 eggs which are incubated by both sexes for 22-26 days. The young fledge after about 28 days.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Wikipedia
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Black-necked Stilt. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 28 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Black-necked_Stilt
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