- Origin: North and South Amerika
- Class: Birds
- Order: Charadriiformes
- Family: Recurvirostridae
The American Black-necked Stilt is a small wading bird found in tropical and temperate wetlands of North and South America. A cousin from across the Atlantic of our White Stilt.
It feed on tadpoles, mollusks, insects, snails, small fish and seed of aquatic plants. The American Black necked Stilt lives in shallow, muddy pols and swims with ease.
The Stilt nest is large, it is made of plants and partly floats on folded banks. Both parents choose the location of the nest, the female then lays 3 to 4 spotted brown eggs, incubation lasts up to 25 days. The young leave the nest as soon as they hatch and are raised by their parents.