White-backed Stilt © flickr.com

Large. Long necked, long thin straight bill, and extremely long thin legs. Sexes similar. Male: Breeding: All white except, back, postocular area, hind neck, wings, both above and below, black. In flight legs extend well beyond tail. Black of back and wings separated from black of of neck by a white band. Eye, red. Bill, black. Legs, bright bubblegum pink. Non-breeding: Similar but hind neck may become greyish. Female: Like male but back has brown tones. Juveniles: Crown and hind neck greyish to almost black. Back, wings, dark brown. Legs, pinkish.

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus).

No subspecies.


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