Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus himantopus)
Table of Contents
 
Introduction
 
Methods
 
Results
 
Acknowledgments
 
Literature Cited
 
Table 1
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Species Accounts, Maps, Histograms, and Appendices
 
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Family Recurvirostridae

Body Size: Large
Foraging Guild: Aquatic gleaner/sweeper
Foraging Habitat: Water depth - 1 - 20 cm; vegetative cover - bare to sparse
Migration Distance: Short
Migration Pattern: Not assigned
Dispersion: Concentrated; 60% of total maximum sightings occur in 2 spring and fall 0.1° lat-long blocks.

Six sites with highest counts (see Appendix for more information):

1. Great Salt Lake area, Utah

2. Stillwater National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada

3. Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

4. San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge, Texas

5. Catahoula Lake, Louisiana

6. Fish Springs National Wildlife Refuge, Utah

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