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Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Order
CHARADRIIFORMES
– Family
RECURVIROSTRIDAE
Authors: Robinson, Julie A., J. Michael Reed, Joseph P. Skorupa, and Lewis W. Oring

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