Himantopus mexicanus

Basic information
Scientific name	Himantopus mexicanus	(No picture)
Major synonym	Himantopus himantopus mexicanus
Common names	Black-necked Stilt
Higher taxon	Charadriidae, Ciconiiformes, Aves
Natural range	W & S USA, C America, West Indies, S America
Habitat	Various habitat around water

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Nara, Kyoto, and Osaka Prefs.
Origin	Unknown.
Date	Released in 2001
Route	Deliberate: Release from personal captivity (details unknown).
Impact	Potentially: hybridization with a native subspecies H. himantopus Native organism(s) affected: Native black-necked stilt H. himantopus.
Regulation in Japan	No action for prevention, mitigation, control, or eradication.
Introduced range in other countries	Hawaii, New Zealand, etc.

Reference	Notes
DECO (ed) (2006) Dictionary of Alien Species. Tokyo-Shoseki. (in Jpn) JWRC (ed) (2008) A Photographic Guide to the Invasive Alien Species in Japan. Heibonsha. (in Jpn) Kawakami & Kanouchi (2012) The Handbook of Introduced Birds in Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn) Lepage (ed) (2003-2012) Avibase – the world bird database (Accessed on 2012-6-18) http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/ etc.