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Wilson's Phalarope
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Shorebirds, gulls & terns

Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishWilson's Phalarope
DutchGrote Franjepoot
SpanishFalaropo pico largo
Chinese威氏瓣蹼鹬
Scientific namePhalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819)

About this species

Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering in inland salt lakes near the Andes in Argentina. They are passage migrants through Central America around March/April and again during September/October. The species is a rare vagrant to western Europe.

This species is often very tame and approachable. Sometimes it is placed in a monotypic genus Steganopus.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyScolopacidae
GenusPhalaropus

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