Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,555
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Red phalarope”.