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[[Image:Black-necked_Stilt.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Leslie<br />Location: San Joaquin Sanctuary, Irvine, [[California]] ]]
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[[Image:Black-necked_Stilt.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Leslie<br />Location: San Joaquin Sanctuary, Irvine, [[California]]]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
[[USA]] to north-east corner of [[South America]] and additionally [[Hawaii]].
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[[U.S.]] to southern [[Peru]] and [[Brazil]]; [[Hawaiian Islands]].
 
==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==
Two subspecies are recognized, ''mexicanus'' and ''knudseni''; the latter is limited to [[Hawaii]].
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====Subspecies<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>====
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*''H. m. mexicanus'' - W and s US to e Ecuador, sw Peru and ne Brazil; West Indies
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*''H. m. knudseni'' - Hawaiian Islands
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Himantopus+mexicanus}}  
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{{GSearch|Himantopus+mexicanus}}
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Himantopus]] [[Category:Incomplete]]
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[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Himantopus]][[Category:Incomplete]]

Revision as of 02:52, 19 July 2008

Himantopus mexicanus
Photo by Leslie
Location: San Joaquin Sanctuary, Irvine, California

Identification

Distribution

U.S. to southern Peru and Brazil; Hawaiian Islands.

Taxonomy

Subspecies1

  • H. m. mexicanus - W and s US to e Ecuador, sw Peru and ne Brazil; West Indies
  • H. m. knudseni - Hawaiian Islands

Habitat

Behaviour

External Links

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