Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni)

Species Account

Ordered chronologically (not necessarily by HRBP number)
HRBP 5020. Leucistic ("pied"), left, and typical (right) Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilts (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni). Kona, Hawai'i Island, 1 Mar 2002. © Unknown
HRBP 5021. Leucistic ("pied") Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni). Kona, Hawai'i Island, 1 Mar 2002. © Unknown
HRBP 5253. Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), left, with American Avocet. Kealia Pond NWR, Maui, 12 Sep 2005. © Janet Bell
HRBP 5213. Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), right, with American Avocet. Kealia Pond NWR, Maui, 18 Sep 2005. © Kurt Pohlman
HRBP 5313. Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), left, with Greater Yellowlegs. Waipahu, O'ahu, 22 Dec 2005. © Michael Walther
HRBP 6387. Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni) showing features of North American subspecies, Kawa'iele Wetalnds, Kaua'i,8 Nov 2013. © Jim Denny
 HRBP 6449. Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), left, with Bar-tailed Godwit. Kealia Pond, Maui, 25 Jan 2010. © Michael Walther
HRBP 6388. Melanistic Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni). Nu'upia Ponds, KMCAS, O'ahu, 20 Jan 2016. © Eric VanderWerf
     

HRBP 6690. Black-necked (Hawaiian) Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus knudseni), left, with Common Tern. Kekaha Beach Park, Kaua'i, 28 Dec 2016. © Richard Jeffers

      
Photographs and images contributed to Hawaii Rare Bird Photograph (HRBP) file, B. P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu and part of The Birds of the Hawaiian Islands: Occurrence, History, Distribution, and Status by Robert L. Pyle and Peter Pyle. See Introduction for more information.