Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
The Red-necked Phalarope breeds around the Arctic Circle in Eurasia and North America.
Red-necked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Identification Tips:
Length: 6 inches
Fairly small, long-legged shorebird
Often swims, spinning about and picking at the water
Thin, straight, black bill
Black legs
Dark-centered rump ...
Red-necked Phalarope
Relatives in same Genus
Wilson's Phalarope (P. tricolor) ...
Red-necked Phalarope Behaviour
No observations regarding Red-necked Phalarope behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Red-necked Phalaropes ...
Red-necked Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus)
Status: Vagrant.
Last recorded on site in 2005
The Patuxent web-site provides more general information about this species.
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus (Linnaeus)
Status Common transient, rare in summer. They are common during migration, but because they travel far offshore, our records are incomplete.
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Northern Phalarope
Old scientific name(s): Lobipes lobatus ...
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus - Juvenile moulting into 1st winter plumage
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Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalaropes have long needle shaped bills. Breeds on the tundra including Churchill, Manitoba and migrates offshore. It can be found on western lakes and the Salton Sea in southern California in the fall.
3. Red-necked Phalarope (taken at Lake Merced)
4. California Quail male, Golden Gate Park
5. Common Raven drinking, Golden Gate Park ...
Red-necked Phalarope
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Wilson's Phalarope
Summer Sighting Information: rare
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus. Occasional inland and rare in spring and fall in all regions. Pelagic. Found in the Gulf, on bays, along pond margins, and in open marshes.
Red and Red-necked Phalaropes are unusual amongst shorebirds in that they are considered pelagic, that is, they spend a great deal of their lives outside the breeding season well out to sea.
Similar Species: Red-necked Phalarope, Wilson's Phalarope
Conservation Status: Generally stable throughout its range.
Further Information: 1) Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter, Red Phalarope ...
Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus: Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Queens, NY, 21 May
Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia: Lake Perris State Recreation Area, Perris, CA, 03 Jan ...
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 is about 21 cm (8 inches) in length, with lobed toes and a straight bill, somewhat thicker than that of Red-necked Phalarope. The breeding female is predominantly dark brown and black above, with red underparts and white cheek patches.
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.
HYPERBOREAN PHALAROPE.
[Red-necked Phalarope.]
LOBIPES HYPERBOREUS, Lath.
[Phalaropus lobatus.] ...
 See also: Phalarope, Sandpiper, Petrel, Snipe, Stilt
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