Snipes, Sandpipers and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) - HBW 3, p. 532
French: Phalarope à bec étroit
German: Odinshühnchen
Spanish: Falaropo Picofino
Other common names: Northern Phalarope
Taxonomy: Tringa tobata [sic] Linnaeus, 1758, Hudson Bay.
Sometimes placed in monospecific genus Lobipes. Monotypic.
Distribution: Circumpolar, in coastal regions of Arctic Ocean, S to Aleutians and NW Britain. Winters pelagically off CW South America, in Arabian Sea and from C Indonesia to W Melanesia.
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A female spinning to feed on the wet tundra while calling in response to other individuals. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 44 weeks ago 24 sec 5 -
Several birds spinning to bring up nutrients from the bottom. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 44 weeks ago 26 sec 4.8 -
A male coming back to the nest and incubating Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
Laurent Demongin 11 July 2010 2 years ago 26 sec 4.8 -
Four birds feeding on open water Locality Salton Sea, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Greg R Homel 2005 5 years ago 50 sec 4.8 -
A pair in breeding plumage feeding, then copulating in the wet tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 4 years ago 34 sec 4.7 -
A female in breeding plumage preening in the wet tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 11 July 2008 4 years ago 47 sec 4.7
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I watched this little bird for more than two hours, busy swimming and feeding in the mangroves. It was only as the sun was setti
Locality Al Wakrah Beach, Al Wakrah, Qatar
John A Thompson 5 September 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
adult female portrait
Locality Flatey Island, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 7 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.5 -
male summer plumage
Locality Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 8 July 2011 30 weeks ago 4.4 -
adult female
Locality Flatey Island, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 8 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4.4 -
Adult male
Locality Flatey Island, Westfjords Region, Iceland
Marco Valentini 8 June 2012 44 weeks ago 4.4 -
Female summer plumage
Locality Longyearbyen, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen
Paul Cools 8 July 2011 30 weeks ago 4.3
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A small chick calling Locality Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 11 July 2010 2 years ago 4.5 -
Calls by one male while swimming. Locality Portage Glacier Recreational Area, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 27 May 2012 43 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by several birds while foraging on the wet tundra. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4 -
Calls by one individual takking off away. Locality Barrow, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 3 June 2012 43 weeks ago 3.5 -
A male calling while feeding Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 10 July 2008 3 years ago 2 -
A female calling while feeding Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 10 July 2008 3 years ago 2
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