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
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
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search ...
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
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.
The Red Phalarope is the most pelagic of the phalaropes, spending most of its time well out to sea.
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.
Although built like other shorebirds-with short tails, sharply pointed wings and long legs for wading-red phalaropes spend most of the year at sea. In fact, they're one of the few birds classified as pelagic shorebirds.
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, P. fulicaria
Red-necked Phalarope, P. lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope, P. tricolor
Nesting behavior ...
Red Phalarope
Breeds in the arctic and is present off shore during migration. Winters off the coast of southern United States.
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria)
Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)
Semipalmated Sandpiper (Calidris pusilla) ...
THE RED PHALAROPE.
[Red Phalarope.]
PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS, Bonap.
[Phalaropus fulicaria.] ...
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.
Also known as the red phalarope, this short-billed wader shows a remarkable reversal of roles when it breeds. Unlike most birds, the female gray phalarope-shown here-has a much brighter breeding plumage than the male.
Red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Common sandpiper (Actitis hypoleucos)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Long-toed stint (Calidris subminuta)
Red knot (Calidris canutus)
Terek sandpiper (Xenus cinereus) ...
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) ...
Birds commonly associated with gray whales include northern fulmars (Fulmarus glacialis), red phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius), black-legged kitti-wakes (Rissa tridactyla), and thick-billed murres (Uria lomvia).
Page 1: Waterfowl to Shorebirds, covering: Ross's Goose and Snow Goose, male Mountain Quail, American Bittern, Clapper Rail, Sora Rail, Baird's Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper, Long-billed Curlew, Red Phalarope and Wilson's ...
Like the other phalarope species, the female is the more colourful and leaves the male to incubate the eggs and bring up the young. In North America, these birds are known as red phalaropes, due to the birds' orangey-red breeding plumage.
South Polar Skua may be one of the most likely pelagic rarities. Brown Booby, Red-footed Booby, Red Phalarope, Long-tailed Jaeger, Roseate Tern, Brown Noddy, ...
The northern and red phalaropes, Phalaropus lobatus and P. julicarus, respectively, breed in the Arctic and winter in the S Atlantic.
 See also: Phalarope, Sandpiper, Red-necked Phalarope, Plover, Petrel
  
|
RSS
