STILTS AND AVOCETS   -   RECURVIROSTRIDAE

Black-necked (White-backed) Stilt Himantopus mexicanus melanurus Laguna Mar Chiquita, Córdoba province, Argentina. This subspecies, from central and southern South America, is often split off as White-backed Stilt.

Black-necked (White-backed) Stilt Himantopus mexicanus melanurus Cassino, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. (D4)

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