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Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Verified source photographChristoph MoningCC-BY · View source
PRB-0107Charadriiformes

Red Phalarope

Falaropo Piquigrueso

Phalaropus fulicarius

Accidental / vagrantIUCN LC · Least Concern

The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrates mainly on oceanic routes, wintering at sea on tropical oceans.

FamilyScolopacidaeSandpipers and Allies
Puerto Rico occurrenceAccidental / vagrantAvibase inferred core 380
Primary habitatcoastsCoastal
Primary dietInvertebrateAquatic predator
Average mass60.1 gGlobal trait estimate
MovementMigratoryTerrestrial

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XC1029553Recording 1 of 3nocturnal flight call
Spectrogram of Red Phalarope: nocturnal flight call
SpectrogramPhalaropus fulicarius

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Sound recorded by Marcos Prada Arias · XC1029553 · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Visualization by Stichting Xeno-canto voor Natuurgeluiden.

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Catalog scopeAvibase inferred core 380

About the Red Phalarope

The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrates mainly on oceanic routes, wintering at sea on tropical oceans.

Conservation

Least Concern

IUCN LC

Global IUCN
LC
Puerto Rico DNER
No current listing in source crosswalk
Federal ESA
No current listing in source crosswalk
Critical habitat
Not identified in source crosswalk

Natural history

How it lives

Habitat
coasts
Elevation
0–Not resolved m
Nest
Scrape · Ground
Clutch
3–4 eggs
Social behavior
Not resolved

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