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
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Close-up of a male feeding in the wet tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 1 year ago 46 sec 4.7 -
A female in breeding plumage feeding in the snowy tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 30 June 2008 1 year ago 39 sec 4.7 -
Close-up of a female feeding and calling softly in the wet tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 1 year ago 43 sec 4.6 -
A male in breeding plumage walking and calling in the wet tundra, then looking at a flying skua Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 1 year ago 38 sec 4.5 -
A male in breeding plumage preening in the wet tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 1 year ago 47 sec 4.5 -
A female in breeding plumage preening in the tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 1 year ago 38 sec 4.5
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A first winter along Veerse Dam. Veerse Meer, Zeeland, Netherlands
Norbert Uhlhaas 26 November 2008 1 year ago 4.3 -
A female in breeding plumage foraging on the beach. Recherche Fjord, Spitsbergen, Svalbard Islands (Monotypic species)
Christophe Gouraud 26 June 2008 1 year ago 4 -
An adult female in breeding plumage foraging in shallow water in the tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 1 year ago 3.8 -
A first winter bird along Veerse Dam. Veerse Meer, Zeeland, Netherlands
Norbert Uhlhaas 26 November 2008 1 year ago 3.7 -
An adult male in breeding plumage foraging in shallow water in the tundra Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 1 year ago 3.5 -
A male in breeding plumage plunging the head in water Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern) (Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 4 July 2008 1 year ago 3
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A male calling while feeding Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern)
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 34 weeks ago 3 -
A pair calling Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern)
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 34 weeks ago 2 -
A female calling while feeding Pyasina Delta, Taymyr Peninsula, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia (Eastern)
(Monotypic species)
Laurent Demongin 3 July 2008 34 weeks ago 2
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