BLACK-NECKED
STILT
Himantopus mexicanus
BLACK-WINGED
STILT
Himantopus himantopus
© A & J Binns
© A & J Binns
Neck
Continuous
black down the back of the neck and onto the mantle
White
between the black head and mantle. Some immature and 1st year
non-breeding show a continuous gray or dusky wash down the hindneck and onto the back
Head
In
particular in females is very much darker (black)
Tend
to show a very white head
Auriculars
No
eye patch, just a dark auricular