Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Sandpipers and Allies :: Red Phalarope

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

Described by: Linnaeus (1758)
Alternate common name(s): Gray Phalarope, Grey Phalarope
Old scientific name(s): Phalaropus fulicaria

Photographs

Choshi, Chiba, Japan - Apr 6, 2003 © William Hull  Choshi, Chiba, Japan - Apr 6, 2003 © William Hull  Choshi, Chiba, Japan - Apr 6, 2003 © William Hull  Parke County, Indiana, USA - Oct 28, 2001 © Clint Murray  Parke County, Indiana, USA - Oct 28, 2001 © Clint Murray 
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Range

Circumpolar in the Holarctic;
S. Greenland and Iceland, e. across Arctic Europe on Spitszbergen (Svalbard), Bear Is., Novaya Zemlya, New Siberian Islands and n. Siberia to Chukotski Peninsula and Anadyrland . Aleutians, w. and n. Alaska s. to the Yukon River delta and St. Lawrence Is. and e. across Canada in n. Yukon, n. Mackenzie, Banks Is., Melville Is., Ellesmere Is., Bylot Is. and n. Baffin Is. s. to e. Keewatin, Southampton Is. and Mansel Is., n. Quebec and n. Labrador.
Winters at sea off sw. South America, cw. and sw. Africa.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

Location unknown - Date unknown Source: ETI BioInformatics

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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