Where does the Black-necked Stilt live?

Himantopus mexicanus has 1,884,898 records in 63 countries and territories, from 1843 to 2026. Most records come from United States.

1,884,898 records
63 places
161 years recorded
Aves class

AnimaliaChordataAvesCharadriiformesRecurvirostridaeHimantopus

When it is recorded

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Peak month: April. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Where it is recorded

Place	Records	Share
United States	1,352,000
Mexico	95,288
Argentina	70,408
Chile	44,555
Canada	34,996
Brazil	32,852
Costa Rica	31,229
Puerto Rico	24,456
Colombia	22,129
Peru	19,971
Ecuador	15,686
Belize	12,993
Uruguay	12,522
Cuba	11,259
Panama	10,158
Venezuela	8,383
Honduras	8,333
Cayman Islands	7,193
Bonaire	6,192
Curaçao	6,161
Aruba	6,076
Nicaragua	5,816
Guatemala	5,250
Bahamas	4,924
El Salvador	4,213
Paraguay	3,850
Bolivia	3,567
Dominican Republic	3,498
Jamaica	3,449
US Virgin Islands	3,341
Guadeloupe	2,073
Saint Martin	2,011
Anguilla	1,844
Trinidad & Tobago	1,651
Antigua & Barbuda	1,112
Turks and Caicos Islands	1,050
Belgium	1,012
Haiti	952
Bermuda	508
St Kitts & Nevis	498

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Related animals

Others in the family Recurvirostridae.

Status from the records: resident
Recorded across many years and months — an established presence. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.