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Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Description:

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 northwest Brazil southwest Peru, northeast Colombia and the Galápagos Islands.

Habitat:

Wetlands and Coastlines

Notes:

You can see a Skimmer on the second picture. !!!!My 200th Spotting!!!! :D

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3 Comments

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Thank you Lousiana!

Louisiana Belle
Louisiana Belle 11 years ago

Gorgeous birds and wonderful captures!

LuisStevens
LuisStevens 11 years ago

Yes a coincidence, nice spotting Phillip!

Nimbid Ditavi
Spotted by
Nimbid Ditavi

Villavicencio, Meta, Colombia

Spotted on Jan 19, 2013
Submitted on Jan 23, 2013

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