Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes (Scolopacidae) - HBW 3
Wilson's Phalarope (Steganopus tricolor)
French: Phalarope de Wilson
German: Wilsonwassertreter
Spanish: Falaropo Tricolor
Taxonomy: Steganopus tricolor Vieillot, 1819, Paraguay.
Commonly placed in genus Phalaropus, but genetically distinct; apparently quite close to Tringa. Monotypic.
Distribution: N Alberta and EC California E to Great Lakes area, with scattered small outlying populations. Winters from N Peru to Uruguay and S to Tierra del Fuego.
- Least Concern
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A moulting juvenile foraging in a fresh water lagoon Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 July 2001 2 years ago 21 sec 4.7 -
A female in breeding plumage spinning to create a vortex to bring food to the surface Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2001 2 years ago 21 sec 4.7 -
Birds in non-breeding plumage surrounding a Greater Flamingo to reach food that it is stirring up Rio Lagartos, Yucatán State, Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico (Southern) (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 29 September 2006 2 years ago 48 sec 4.6 -
An adult in breeding plumage spinning to frighten prey Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 31 March 2002 2 years ago 14 sec 4.4 -
A flock of birds foraging together in a fresh water lagoon Ventura County, California, USA (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2001 2 years ago 21 sec 4.3 -
A bird in non-breeding plumage feeding at a river´s edge Lluta River, Arica, Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2003 5 years ago 33 sec 4.1
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Individuo en Plumaje casi nupcial. San Miguel del Monte (Monte), Buenos Aires, Argentina
Silvia Vitale 13 June 2009 38 weeks ago 4.4 -
An adult in non-breeding plumage, swimming Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
Eduardo de Juana 34 weeks ago 3.5 -
Part of a flock at a pond near the coast Puerto Madryn, Chubut, Argentina
Eduardo de Juana 1 October 2008 34 weeks ago 3.3 -
Flock of migrating Wilson's Phalaropes in Cheryy Creek State Park, Colorado. Colorado, USA
Mike Ross 24 April 2008 14 weeks ago 3 -
Winter-plumaged bird on a kelp beach Long Beach, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Todd Boland 28 October 2007 1 year ago 3
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