Phalarope
The name Phalarope refers to any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae.
Phalarope
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(fl´rp´´), common name for members of the family Phalaropodidae, shore birds, called "little swimming sandpipers.
Phalarope Family of shore birds, called " Little swimming sandpipers". Phalaropes , small, dainty birds with webbed toes, are the most aquatic of the shore bird groups.
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
This molting Red Phalarope, found on 9/14/07 by Josh and Sterling Southern, was still present the next day for the Chatham Co. Fall Migration Count.
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicaria (Linnaeus)
Status Common transient. The earliest reported spring occurrences are of single birds at Cape Sable on 27 April 1981 and at Broad Cove, Lunenburg County, on 1 May 1983.
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Gray Phalarope, Grey Phalarope
Old scientific name(s): Phalaropus fulicaria ...
Red phalarope Phalaropus fulicaria
Identification Tips:
Length: 6.5 inches
Fairly small shorebird
Often swims, spinning about and picking at the water
Thick, straight bill
Dark-centered rump
Wide white stripe in wing ...
Red Phalarope
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Red Phalarope
Breeds in the arctic and is present off shore during migration. Winters off the coast of southern United States.
The Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) breeds on the tundra of northern Canada and Alaska. In the fall, the species migrates south to winter at sea on both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Red Phalarope Behaviour
No observations regarding Red Phalarope behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Red Phalaropes ...
Grey Phalarope, Gray Phalarope, Bank-Bird, Brown Bank-Bird, Flat-billed Phalarope, Grey Bank-Bird, Gray Bank-Bird, Gulf Bird, Mackerel Goose, Red-footed Tringa, Sea Goose, Sea Snipe
Bird Family : ...
GREY PHALAROPE, Phalaropus lobatus, Wils. Amer. Orn., vol. ix. p. 72.
PHALAROPUS WILSONII, Bonap. Syn., p. 342.
WILSON'S PHALAROPE, Phalaropus Wilsonii, Bonap. Amer. Orn., vol. iv. p. 59.
PHALAROPUS WILSONII, Wilson's Phalarope, Swains. and Rich.
Grey phalaropes spend a large proportion of their lives out at sea, many miles from land. Birds that turn up in the UK - largely around the coast but occasionally at wetlands inland - have been blown off-course by bad weather and strong winds.
The Red Phalarope is the most pelagic of the phalaropes, spending most of its time well out to sea.
Wilson's Phalaropes use both fresh and alkali wetlands with three characteristics: open water, emergent vegetation, and open shoreline (Saunders 1914, Stewart and Kantrud 1965, Hohn 1967, Stewart 1975, Prescott et al. 1995, Naugle 1997).
Wilson's Phalarope, Green House Lane, Near Burns, Oregon
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details)
WILSON'S PHALAROPE FACTS ...
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
The Red-necked Phalarope breeds around the Arctic Circle in Eurasia and North America.
Red Phalarope
(Phalaropus fulicarius)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 1981
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
On October 25, 1981, a single individual was recorded on A.E.Sea.
Phalarope, Red-necked Phalaropus lobatus Found: Arctic regions of North America, Europe, Asia
Photographed by: 1, 2) Razvan Zinica 3, 5) Tim Bowman US Fish and Wildlife Service
4, 6) Alan D Wilson at Wright's Pond, ...
Phalarope Migration
The Phalaropes are on the move. The Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) breed up in the Artic Tundra and then head south in the summer. Females leave first, shortly after laying the eggs.
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) ...
Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius. Rare in winter, spring, and fall offshore. Onshore and inland, occasional to rare in late summer, fall, and occasional in winter. Pelagic. Found in the Gulf, and on lakes, bays, ponds, and in marshes.
Wilson's Phalarope
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Eastern Phoebe
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Snipe, Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and allies
Species Order:
Charadriiformes ...
Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, 19 Jun
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, 21 May ...
Indeed, in many species of Limicolae, as the dotterel, the godwits (q.v.), phalaropes and perhaps some others, the female is larger and more brightly coloured than the male, ...
Palmer and Mindell [28] reported that avian prey of rough-legged hawks in Alaska included grouse (probably spruce grouse [Dendrapagus canadensis]) chicks, shorebirds, lesser golden-plover, red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), ...
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)
Red-Necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus) ...
Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Marsh clubmoss (Lycopodiella inundata)
Large heath (Coenonympha tullia)
Brown galingale (Cyperus fuscus)
European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Tufted vetch (Viccia cracca) ...
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Red-necked Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
The Greater and Sooty Shearwaters can occur on any trip. The Pomarine Jaeger is most likely May and early June and September trips.
Here breeding grounds are shared with broad-billed sandpipers and sometimes red-necked phalaropes.
Stilts and Avocets (Family Recurvirostridae)
Sandpipers, Phalaropes and Allies (Family Scolopacidae)
Gulls and Terns (Family Laridae)
Skuas and Jaegers (Family Stercorariidae)
Auks, Murres and Puffins (Family Alcidae) ...
Plovers and Lapwings (CHARADRIIDAE)
Oystercatchers (HAEMATOPODIDAE)
Stilts and Avocets (RECURVIROSTRIDAE)
Sandpipers, Phalaropes, and Allies (SCOLOPACIDAE)
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers (LARIDAE)
Auks, Murres, and Puffins (ALCIDAE) ...
- including, for instance, geese, ducks, herons, cranes, egrets, terns, sandpipers, rails, coots, plovers, ibis, grebes and phalaropes.
brood patches; male incubates more frequently for first 8 days, then primarily female for next 16. Young hatch synchronously. Activity peaks in early morning and in afternoon. Food stirred up by American Avocets taken by commensal Wilson's Phalaropes ...
shorebirds are often found at very shallow lakes, like Cochise Lakes, which actually is the last stage of the waste treatment plant in Willcox. On this day, there were hundreds of Avocets, Black-Necked Stilts, Black-Crowned Night Herons, Phalaropes, ...
 See also: Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Plover, Petrel, Snipe
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