species 3,790 observations

Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

Field notes

The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrates mainly on oceanic routes, wintering at sea on tropical oceans.

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Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided