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The Red Phalarope is a small seabird that spends most of its life swimming in the open ocean, making it rarely seen from shore. It's notable for being one of the few bird species where females are more colorful than males and take the lead in courtship.
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Species
Least Concerngrey phalarope
Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCharadriiformes
- FamilyPhalaropodidae
A medium-sized (8-9 inches) wader, the male Red Phalarope in summer is most easily identified by its reddish-brown breast, mottled black-and-white upperparts, yellow bill and legs, and black head with white cheek patches. Summer females are similar but paler, especially on the breast and face. Winter birds of both sexes are light gray above and white below with conspicuous dark gray eye-stripes. This species is unmistakable in summer; in winter, it may be separated from the related Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) and Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) by its lighter body as well as its shorter bill and legs. The Red Phalarope breeds along all coasts of the Arctic Ocean in North America and Eurasia. In winter, this species is found far offshore, mostly in tropical waters in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. This species migrates over water, but a few birds winter in waters near the United States, mostly off the coast of Florida, California, and Louisiana. Red Phalaropes breed in marshy portions of coastal tundra. In winter, this species is exclusively marine, being found in deep water far from shore. This species primarily eats insects during the breeding season, swit
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- taxon name
- Phalaropus fulicarius
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- Phalaropus fulicarius
- taxon common name
- falaropu picugordu
- wingspan
- 0.42
- longest observed lifespan
- 6
- egg incubation period
- 19
- short name
- P. fulicarius
- external data available at URL
- www.gbif.org/dataset/2c04922c-82dd-4718-ab22-c9772408de9c
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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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