Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
IUCN: Not Evaluated
Taxonomy
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- Genus
- Himantopus
- eBird Code
- bknsti
Subspecies (3)
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Himantopus mexicanus knudseni
main Hawaiian Islands
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Himantopus mexicanus melanurus
inland central Peru and Bolivia and southeastern Brazil to southcentral Chile and Argentina
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Himantopus mexicanus mexicanus
breeds inland south-central Canada (sporadic) locally eastward through south-central USA and southward to southwestern coastal Peru and Galápagos; also coastal Venezuela to northeastern Brazil and throughout West Indies; winters inland central California, coastal Gulf of Mexico and Florida southward
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.