La historia
I photographed this Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) at Reserva Natural El Encanto de Guanapalo in Casanare, Colombia. Females have little or none of the male’s green gloss, with a brown tinge to the back and wings instead. A small white spot above the eye helps tell it from the Black-winged Stilt. The Guanapalo River is a tributary of the Meta, and with the Pauto it drains a basin of about 2,100 square kilometers, mostly in San Luis de Palenque. IUCN includes the Black-necked Stilt in its assessment of Himantopus himantopus, which it lists as Least Concern, with a stable population.
I made this frame with a Pentax K-1 and the HD Pentax-D FA 150-450mm f/4.5-5.6, at 1/1000 sec, f/5.6, ISO 100. The families who run its ranches work to keep the savanna from being cleared, burned or plowed, and to keep llanero culture alive for the next generation.
©2019 Adam Rainoff Photographer
El ave
The Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) pertenece a la familia Recurvirostridae (Stilts and Avocets) en la taxonomía eBird/Clements.
Fuente: eBird.org (se abre en una pestaña nueva)
Conservación
Least Concern on the IUCN Red List (assessment published 2025), with the population trend listed as stable. IUCN does not yet assess the Black-necked Stilt separately; this is the assessment of Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), which IUCN treats as including it. Fuente: Lista Roja de la UICN
