The photo above is made by Alexandre Renaudier in the rice
fields of Mana in French Guiana in August 2007. There is also a short video (about
1 MB, mpg) of a calling stilt, made on Curaçao by Faroek
Lissone.
The stilt is black and white with very long pink legs. These legs
stick out far beyond the tail in flight. With them the birds can
wade in deeper water than most other birds, but they make them a
bit clumsy on dry land if they want to reach for the ground or
want to sit down. Stilts are found in the wamer regions all over
the world. In Suriname they are mostly seen in brakkish swamps
near sea.
A photograph of a Black-necked Stilt in a swamp near Wageningen in Suriname, made by Arie Spaans and the first one below was made by Greg Peterson on Aruba in 2009, the second one of a downy young in the zoo of Emmen by Ribot.
Observations of groups of stilts in Suriname.Most observations are of small groups (pairs) near the coast in brakkish lagoons. The distribution by month of these observations of groups of stilts is given below. Most are seen in june-july, but larger groups (hundred birds and more) were seen by François Haverschmidt in November and December.
The distribution by month of nests of stilts found in Suriname is given below. Most were with three or four eggs and were found by Arie Spaans and François Haverschmidt.
| Distribution in Suriname (explanation) | |
| Coastal area |  |
| Savanna |  |
| Forests | |
| Mountain forests | |
| Sipalawini savanna | |
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