* Viuda, Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
* La viuda o cigüeñuela de cuello negro (Himantopus mexicanus) es una especie de ave Charadriiforme de la familia Recurvirostridae propia de América.
* Habita desde el sur de Estados Unidos, el Golfo de México, América Central y el Caribe, hasta el noroeste de Brasil, el sudoeste del Perú, el este de Ecuador y las Islas Galápagos.Está adaptada para vadear por el agua, mientras picotea la superficie, mueve el pico de lado a lado o sondea el barro en busca de comida. La dieta consiste en insectos acuáticos y otros pequeños invertebrados.
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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 Statesand along the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Florida, then south through Central America and the Caribbean to northwest Brazil southwest Peru, east Ecuador and the Galápagos Islands
Adults have long pink legs and a long thin black bill. They are white below and have black wings and backs. The tail is white with some grey banding. A continuous area of black extends from the back along the hindneck to the head.The black-necked stilt forages by probing and gleaning primarily in mudflats and lakeshores, but also in very shallow waters near shores; it seeks out a range of aquatic invertebrates – mainly crustaceans and other arthropods, and mollusks – and small fish, tadpoles and very rarely plant seeds.
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Lugar de Observacion / Taken: San Francisco de Macoris, Republica Dominicana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Charadriiformes
Family:Recurvirostridae
Genus:Himantopus
Species:H. mexicanus (but see text)
Subspecies:H. m. mexicanus
Trinomial name
Himantopus mexicanus
Viuda-IMG_5821
