Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae)
Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) - HBW 3, p. 532
French: Phalarope à bec large
German: Thorshühnchen
Spanish: Falaropo Picogrueso
Other common names: Grey Phalarope
Taxonomy: Tringa Fulicaria Linnaeus, 1758, Hudson Bay.
Genus sometimes broadened to include Steganopus tricolor, or conversely narrowed to exclude P. lobatus. Species name often erroneously spelt fulicarius. Monotypic.
Distribution: Circumpolar, on coasts of Arctic Ocean. Winters pelagically mainly off W South America and W & SW Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Close-up of a male feeding in the wet tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 2 years ago 46 sec 4.7 -
A female in breeding plumage feeding in the snowy tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 30 June 2008 2 years ago 39 sec 4.7 -
Close-up of a female feeding and calling softly in the wet tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 2 years ago 43 sec 4.6 -
A male in breeding plumage walking and calling in the wet tundra, then looking at a flying skua Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 2 years ago 38 sec 4.5 -
A male in breeding plumage preening in the wet tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 2 years ago 47 sec 4.5 -
A female in breeding plumage preening in the tundra Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 2 years ago 38 sec 4.5
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A first winter along Veerse Dam.
Locality Veerse Meer, Zeeland Province, Netherlands
Norbert Uhlhaas 26 November 2008 3 years ago 4.3 -
A female in breeding plumage foraging on the beach.
Locality Recherche Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands, Svalbard Islands and Jan Mayen (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 26 June 2008 3 years ago 4 -
An adult female in breeding plumage foraging in shallow water in the tundra
Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 3 years ago 3.8 -
A first winter bird along Veerse Dam.
Locality Veerse Meer, Zeeland Province, Netherlands
Norbert Uhlhaas 26 November 2008 3 years ago 3.7 -
An adult male in breeding plumage foraging in shallow water in the tundra
Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 3 years ago 3.5 -
Very close to the coast
Locality Île aux Basques, Quebec, Canada
Guy Poisson 10 October 2010 1 year ago 3.3
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A male calling while feeding Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 2 years ago 3 -
A pair calling Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 2 years ago 2 -
A female calling while feeding Locality Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 2 years ago 2
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