Black-necked or White-backed Stilt
Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus] (= Himantopus mexicanus) (Müller, PLS 1776)
The black-necked stilt 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 southern Mexico, rarely as far south as Costa Rica; on the Baja California peninsula it is only found regularly in winter. Source: Wikipedia
Classification
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:
Recurvirostridae
Genus:
Himantopus
Scientific:
Himantopus mexicanus
Original description
Citation:
(Müller, PLS 1776)
Reference:
Linné vollst. Natursyst. Suppl. Reg. Bd.
Protonym:
Charadrius Mexicanus
Type locality:
Mexico.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/218386#page/137/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
FA42DFA3749C798D
Avibase ID:
avibase-FA42DFA3
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/FA42DFA3
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 176726
Geographic range:
- Himantopus mexicanus: western and southern USA to eastern Ecuador, southwestern Peru, and northeastern Brazil; West Indies
- Himantopus melanurus: northern Chile and east-central Peru to southeastern Brazil and central Argentina
Black-necked or White-backed Stilt
French:
Échasse d'Amérique ou É. à queue noire
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Black-necked or White-backed Stilt ( Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus]) |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: species (alt)
This taxon is a subspecies of
Himantopus [mexicanus, knudseni or melanurus]
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Czech: pisila karibská
Danish: Sortnakket Stylteløber
German: Schwarznacken-Stelzenläufer
English: Black-necked or White-backed Stilt, Black-necked Stilt
Spanish: Cigüeñuela de Cuello Negro
Spanish (Argentine): Tero real
Spanish (Chile): Perrito
Spanish (Colombia): Cigüeñuela
Spanish (Costa Rica): cigüeñuela cuellinegro
Spanish (Cuba): Cachiporra
Spanish (Dominican Rep.): Viuda
Spanish (Spain): Cigüeñuela Cuellinegra
Spanish (Honduras): Soldadito
Spanish (Mexico): Candelero americano
Spanish (Panama): Cigüeñuela Cuellinegra
Spanish (Peru): Cigüeñuela de Cuello Negro
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Viuda
Spanish (Paraguay): Tero real
Spanish (Uruguay): Tero Real
Spanish (Venezuela): Viuda Patilarga
Estonian: mustpea-karkjalg
Finnish: amerikanpitkäjalka
French: Échasse d'Amérique, Échasse d'Amérique ou É. à queue noire
Guadeloupean Creole French: Gibier la mort
Guarani: Tetéu jagua
Haitian Creole French: Pèt-pèt
Croatian: Crnovrata vlastelica
Hungarian: mexikói gólyatöcs
Italian: Cavaliere collonero
Japanese (romaji): kuroeriseitakashigi
Japanese: クロエリセイタカシギ
Scientific: Charadrius Mexicanus, Himantopus [mexicanus or melanurus], Himantopus himantopus mexicanus, Himantopus mexicanus
Lithuanian: Amerikinis kojūkas
Dutch: Amerikaanse Steltkluut
Norwegian: Svartkronestylteløper
Polish: szczudlak bialobrewy
Portuguese: Pernilongo
Portuguese (Brazil): pernilongo-de-costas-negras
Portuguese (Portugal): Pernilongo-de-dorso-preto
Russian: Американский ходулочник
Slovak: šišila čiernokrká
Serbian: Crnovrata vlastelica
Swedish: Amerikansk styltlöpare
Chinese: 黑颈长脚鹬
Chinese (Traditional): 黑頸高蹺鴴
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