Himantopus mexicanus
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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 to southern Mexico, rarely as far south as Costa Rica; on the Baja California peninsula it is only found regularly in winter. Some authorities, including the IUCN, treat it as a synonym of Himantopus himantopus.
The black-necked stilt was formally described in 1776 as Charadrius mexicanus by the German zoologist Philipp Statius Müller. The species is now placed in the genus Himantopus that was introduced in 1760 by the French ornithologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson.
Three subspecies are recognised: Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciudad Juárez | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 2 | Mesa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 3 | León | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 4 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 5 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Panama City | 🇵🇦 Panama | |
| 7 | Barranquilla | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Lima | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 9 | San Luis Potosí | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 10 | San Francisco | 🇺🇸 United States |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Busch Gardens Tampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 2 | Moscow Zoo | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 3 | National Zoological Park | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 4 | ZooParc de Beauval | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 5 | Planckendael Zoo | 🇧🇪 Belgium | |
| 6 | Le Pal | 🇫🇷 France | |
| 7 | Ostrava Zoo | 🇨🇿 Czechia | |
| 8 | Minnesota Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 9 | Ecological Center of Sonora | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 10 | Milwaukee County Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 11 | Phoenix Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 12 | Louisville Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 13 | Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 14 | Berlin Zoological Garden | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 15 | Paignton Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 16 | Temaikén | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 17 | ZooTampa | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 18 | Fort Worth Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 19 | Houston Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 20 | Karlsruhe Zoo | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 21 | San Antonio Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 22 | Cameron Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 23 | Philadelphia Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 24 | Fresno Chaffee Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 25 | Honolulu Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 26 | London Zoo | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 27 | Ueno Zoo | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 28 | Riverbanks Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 29 | Tier- und Freizeitpark Thüle | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 30 | Lincoln Park Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 31 | Zamość Zoo | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 32 | Vogelpark Avifauna | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | |
| 33 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 34 | Odense Zoo | 🇩🇰 Denmark | |
| 35 | Kakegawa Kachoen | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 36 | Tierpark Hexentanzplatz | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 37 | Ueno Zoological Gardens (West Garden) | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 38 | Happy Hollow Park & Zoo | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 39 | Bois de la Bâtie | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | |
| 40 | New York Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 41 | Chilean National Zoo | 🇨🇱 Chile | |
| 42 | Kobe Animal Kingdom | 🇯🇵 Japan | |
| 43 | Tierpark Limbach-Oberfrohna | 🇩🇪 Germany | |
| 44 | Tracy Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 45 | Amazon World Zoo Park | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | |
| 46 | Aquarium of the Pacific | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 47 | Florida Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 48 | Monterey Bay Aquarium | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 49 | National Aviary | 🇺🇸 United States | |
| 50 | Aquarium Berlin | 🇩🇪 Germany |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Black-necked Stilt sighting in Santa Cruz de la Sierra on a given day, based on 42 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 78th most-seen of the 208 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
September
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Black-necked Stilt in Santa Cruz de la Sierra on a given day, against under 5% in January–March, May and November, the lowest months. That is one of Santa Cruz de la Sierra's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 170 mm in January.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Black-necked Stilt sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
15th of 54
Of the 54 cities where we can rate Black-necked Stilt sightings, Santa Cruz de la Sierra ranks 15th at about 10%. The best odds are in Ciudad Juárez (México, about 60%), Mesa (United States, about 50%) and León (México, about 40%).
Same order: Charadriiformes
The closest relatives of the Black-necked Stilt that you can see in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (order Charadriiformes, Shorebirds and Allies) are Southern Lapwing (about 40%), Wattled Jacana (about 40%) and Lesser Yellowlegs (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Black-necked Stilt is recorded against all the birds logged in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (42 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
