Black-necked Stilt

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q280358
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Summary

Black-necked Stilt is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.74% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,348 views/month, #1,445 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: species[3]
  • Parent taxon: Himantopus[4]
  • Taxon name: Himantopus mexicanus[5]
  • Commons category: Himantopus mexicanus[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Himantopus mexicanus[7]
  • Commons gallery: Himantopus mexicanus[8]
  • Short name: H. mexicanus[9]
  • Taxon common name: Black-necked Stilt[10], Schwarznacken-Stelzenläufer[11], Cigüeñuela de Cuello Negro[12], Échasse d'Amérique[13], Cavaliere collonero[14], Amerikaanse Steltkluut[15], Американский ходулочник[16], Sortnakket Stylteløber[17], Svartkronestylteløper[18], クロエリセイタカシギ[19], mustpea-karkjalg[20], mexikói gólyatöcs[21], szczudłak białobrewy[22], šišila čiernokrká[23]
  • Mass: 169 g[24]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Invasion Biology[25]
  • Taxon range: Brazil[26], South America[27], Belém[28]

Body

Identifiers

Black-necked Stilt's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 4836[29]. Black-necked Stilt's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 227231[30]. Black-necked Stilt's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5229128[31]. Black-necked Stilt's ITIS TSN is recorded as 176726[32].

Why It Matters

Black-necked Stilt has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [30] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [32] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [31] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [24] ↑ . AVIAN BODY SIZES IN RELATION TO FECUNDITY, MATING SYSTEM, DISPLAY BEHAVIOR, AND RESOURCE SHARING. wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . museum.lsu.edu. Retrieved . museum.lsu.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Retrieved . antigo.museu-goeldi.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i46075
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  2. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon rank → species
    Taxon range → Brazil, South America, Belém
    Instance of → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
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