Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 11,289
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), also known as the northern phalarope and hyperborean phalarope, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red-necked phalarope”.