Black-necked Stilt © sdakotabirds.com

Large. Long necked, long thin straight bill, and extremely long thin legs. Sexes similar. Male: Breeding: All white except, head, back, neck, wings, both above and below, black. The black head has a white spot above and behind the eye. In flight legs extend well beyond tail. Eye, red. Bill, black. Legs, red, occasionallt pink flush at beginning of breeding season. Non-breeding: Duller legs. Gloss and pink flush absent. Female: Like male but back has brown tones. Juveniles: Paler than adult. Edges of feathers of underparts, buffy. Inner primaries and secondaries tipped white, visible in flight. Legs, greyish-pink.

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

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

• knudseni Stejneger, 1887   -  Hawaiian Islands. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus).
• mexicanus (Müller, 1776)   -  Western, southern USA to Peru and eastern Brazil, Hawaiian Islands. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus).
• melanurus Vieillot, 1817   -  Peru and north-eastern Brazil to south-central Argentina. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, White-backed Stilt (Himantopus melanurus).

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