Costa Rica Wildlife: The Black-necked Stilt
Today’s featured bird is the black-necked stilt, a delicate little waterbird with extremely long legs that’s famous for its popcorn.The black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) is known as the cigüeñela cuellinegro or soldadito in Spanish. I prefer soldadito, which translates to little soldier for two reasons. First, these birds do in fact resemble little soldiers in …
