WoRMS taxon details

Himantopus mexicanus (Müller, 1776)

159131  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:159131)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Distribution North America; range generally extends from Cape Cod to Peru; it is a rare visitor north of this range  
Distribution North America; range generally extends from Cape Cod to Peru; it is a rare visitor north of this range [details]
WoRMS (2024). Himantopus mexicanus (Müller, 1776). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=159131 on 2024-11-21
Date
action
by
2005-05-27 09:47:05Z
created
2011-04-08 06:18:06Z
checked
2011-04-27 09:01:37Z
changed

Creative Commons License The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License


context source (Bermuda) Amos, E. J. R. (1991). A Guide to The Birds of Bermuda. 206 pp [details] 

basis of record Banks, R.C., R.W. McDiarmid, and A.L. Gardner. 1987. Checklist of vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Resource Publication No. 166. 79 p. [details] 

additional source Robbins, C. S. (1983). Golden field Guide to Birds of North America. Golden press. 360p. [details] 

additional source Peterson, R.T.; Peterson, V.M. (2002). A field guide to the birds of eastern and central North America. <em>Fifth Edition.</em> Peterson Field Guide Series. Houghton Mifflin Company. New York. 427 p. [details] 

additional source Squires, H. J. (1990). Decapod Crustacea of the Atlantic coast of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> 221: 532 p., available online at http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/library/116743.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication

additional source Vanner, M. (2003). The encyclopedia of North American birds. <em>Paragon Publishing.</em> 1-383. [details] 

additional source Gallardo, J. C.; Macías, V.; Velarde, E. (2009). Birds (Vertebrata: Aves) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.</em> Pp. 1321–1342. [details] 

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Dimensions Length: 14" (36 cm) [details]

Distribution North America; range generally extends from Cape Cod to Peru; it is a rare visitor north of this range [details]

Reproduction Breeds from South Carolina and Florida on the east coast and southern Saskatchewan and Oregon south through the West Indies, Mexico, and Central America to Brazil and Peru. Winters from the Gulf States, Texas, and central California south to the limit of the Breeding range in South America. [details]
    Definitions

Loading...
LanguageName 
Dutch Amerikaanse steltkluut  [details]
English Hawaiian stiltblack-necked stilt  [details]
French Échasse d'Amérique  [details]
German Schwarznacken-Stelzenläufer  [details]