Bird genealogy >> Order Charadriiformes >> Family Recurvirostridae
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Location

Saint Martin Island, Lesser Antilles
West Indies

Metadata

Make Nikon D2X
Lens Nikkor AF-S VR 200 mm f/2G   at 400 mm
Exposure 1/1600 s, f/3.5, ISO 100 
Image size 800 x 533 pixels

IOC Names

Deutsch  Schwarznacken-Stelzenläufer Dutch  Amerikaanse Steltkluut
Italian  Cavaliere collonero Spanish  Cigüeñuela de Cuello Negro

Comments

Stilts have the greatest leg to body size ratio of any bird




 

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    27/07/2005

Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Échasse d’Amérique

Jean-Michel PAULUS