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Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus · Family Recurvirostridae
Himantopus mexicanus
Family Recurvirostridae
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- Family
- Recurvirostridae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 1,889,325
- Countries and territories with records
- 64
About this species
This species has 1,889,325 occurrence records from 64 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (71.7%), Mexico (5%), Argentina (3.7%), Chile (2.4%) and Canada (1.9%); together they account for 84.7% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.12% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Himantopus mexicanus combines the genus name Himantopus with the species epithet mexicanus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Himantopus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Himantopus himantopus, Himantopus leucocephalus and Himantopus novaezelandiae.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 9 species of the family Recurvirostridae. This species has the most records among them. Its record count is 2.7 times the family average (705,850). The family Recurvirostridae belongs to the order Charadriiformes, which has 340 species in the Warbla app catalog.