Talk:Black-necked stilt

Range Info
This species exists as far east as the Florida-Georgia border, so I'm taking out some of the California bias here -- I get these as a yard bird in Chandler, Arizona (quite far from the originally stated eastern bounds of the Colorado River!), so the original range information was clearly a bit incomplete. If anyone has more concrete information on the abundance of this bird along the Gulf of Mexico, I think that would be merited here. Cheers! -- Miwa * talk * contribs ^_^ 15:37, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

They are definitely in southern Florida on the Atlantic Coast as well as the Gulf Coast. Bunnygod888 (talk) 11:54, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Opinion/Bias/Fantasy in Article
It is impossible to prove that the black-necked stilt is "objectively": "slender"; "tuxedo-like". I think it is a somewhat meaty bird, unlike the sparrow or the hummingbird, more like an ostrich, a stork. It would be more accurate to describe this bird as appearing to be a cross between a flamingo and a penguin than to say the bird looks like it is wearing a tuxedo. No birds are wearing any tuxedos and that's crazy. You'll mislead everybody who reads the article, and they'll think the animal has clothes put on it. So, to recap, "slender" is a relative term expressing an opinion; "that bird is wearing a tuxedo" is absurd, to even suggest that in a normal mind any bird has formalwear on its body. Gabriel Arthur Petrie 13:54, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

What a mess - I've added the rest of the range (there is a world outside the US!), taken out bits about other forms, added references, tidied headings - it's still very parochial, but I'm reluctant to just axe all the US stuff. jimfbleak 11:10, 24 August 2006 (UTC)


 * The entire taxonomy stuff is about early 1990s vintage. The stints need a cleanup altogether; the splits are long accepted by the IUCN. Anyone who wants to do it - get yourself the Charadriiformes "supertree" (it's in the references for free) and compare to the IUCN redlist. That should give anyone a pretty good idea where to draw the species boundaries. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 12:55, 2 April 2008 (UTC)

i need help
I am doing a bird report on the Black-Necked Stilt. And, its kinda hard when I cant find any info on it. can you help me I need to know anything I can on Black-Necked Stilts. like characteristics or how the bird survives in winter or anything really, PLEASE help ME. I really need info on the Black-Necked Stilts. thank you, you can get to me by my E-MAIL. its janimallloverc@yahoo.com. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.145.121.161 (talk) 02:10, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

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So learn to do it.131.230.143.5 (talk) 20:58, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

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