It walks through shallow water on long pink legs and searches for food with a slender bill.
It has a white body, black back and wings, a thin black bill, and long pink legs.
At the Apodi-Mossoró River estuary in northeastern Brazil, Black-necked Stilts used artificial salt ponds as a breeding area. Researchers counted birds at the 145-hectare site 192 times from 2012 to 2016. The birds were seen mainly from March to October, and nesting took place from May through August.
Of 47 nests found in 2013–2015, 44 were preyed upon and only three produced chicks. The nests sat on dry pond dikes above the water, where land animals could reach them. The authors noted nearby domestic dogs as a possible source of predation and recommended fencing the dikes. Bird numbers also declined over the four-year period, pointing to a need for cooperation between salt-works managers and local agencies to protect the breeding site.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.
Dogs and other land animals could reach nests at this salt-pond colony. The authors proposed fencing the dikes. Tracking nest numbers and chick production can help manage this breeding site.