Species
Himantopus mexicanus (Black-necked stilt)
Himantopus mexicanus. Photo: (c) Greg Schrott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Florida, then south through Central America and the Caribbean to Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands. The northernmost populations, particularly those from inland, are migratory, wintering from the extreme south of the United States to…
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