White-backed Stilt
Himantopus melanurus
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
The black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), also called the pied stilt, is a locally abundant shorebird of North and South 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 Brazil, Peru and the Galápagos Islands, with an isolated population, the Hawaiian stilt, in Hawaii. The northernmost populations, particularly those from inland, are migratory, wintering from the extreme south of the United States…
L'Échasse à queue noire (Himantopus melanurus) est une espèce d'oiseaux Charadriiformes de la famille des Recurvirostridae. Certaines autorités taxonomiques la considère comme une sous-espèce de l'Échasse blanche (Himantopus himantopus) ou de l'Échasse d'Amérique (Himantopus mexicanus). Selon la classification de référence du Congrès ornithologique international (version 15.
La cigüeñuela de cola negra, tero real o perrito (Himantopus melanurus) es una especie de ave caradriforme de la familia Recurvirostridae propia de América del Sur. Está presente en Argentina, Bolivia, Uruguay, Chile, Brasil, Paraguay, excepto en la zona andina donde está presente la avoceta andina. Estatus taxonómico Algunos autores que la consideran una subespecies de Himantopus himantopus o de Himantopus mexicanus.
Distribution
More from the same family
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
RecurvirostridaeAndean Avocet
Recurvirostra andina
RecurvirostridaeBlack-winged Stilt
Himantopus himantopus
RecurvirostridaePied Stilt
Himantopus leucocephalus
RecurvirostridaeAmerican Avocet
Recurvirostra americana
RecurvirostridaePied Avocet
Recurvirostra avosetta
RecurvirostridaeSpotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
ScolopacidaeUpland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Scolopacidae