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Chithunzi cha tsikulo

black-necked stilt (Himantopus mexicanus) ndi mtundu wa shorebird m'banja Recurvirostridae, wokhala m'madambo ndi m'mphepete mwa nyanja kumpoto, Central ndi South America. Akuluakulu pafupifupi 36 cm (14 in) utali wake, okhala ndi nthenga zakuda ndi zoyera komanso mabala owonda, owongoka, akuda. Miyendo yake ndi yaitali ndi yapinki, ndipo pamwamba pa diso pali kadontho koyera komwe kumasiyanitsa mitundu ya zamoyozo ndi nsonga yoyera kumbuyo.

Kumawonedwa kuno pafupi ndi Corte Madera, California, khosi lakuda la khosi likudyera udzu mwa kufufuza ndi kukunkha pamatope, m’madambo audzu ndi m’mbali mwa nyanja, limodzinso ndi m’madzi osaya pafupi ndi gombe; chakudya tichipeza makamaka tizilombo ndi mphutsi, crustaceans, arthropods ena, mollusks, tadpoles ndi nsomba zazing'ono. Mbalamezi zimakhazikika m'magulu omwe angakhale ndi awiriawiri angapo otambasulidwa, mbalamezi zimateteza mozungulira mozungulira magulu a zisa, zimayenda limodzi ndi anansi awo.Wojambula Frank Schulenburg