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Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicariusOrder: CHARADRIIFORMES Family: Sandpipers (Scolopacidae)

Codes: Common Name: REPH Scientific Name: PHAFUC ITIS Taxonomic No.: 176734

Head

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Head

Bill Shape: Dagger
Eye Color: Dark brown.
Head Pattern: Capped, Special (unique patterns or features)
Crown Color: Black
Forehead Color: Black
Nape Color: Black and brown.
Throat Color: Rust-brown
Cere color: No Data

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Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Body

Length Range: 20-23 cm (8-9 in)
Weight: 51 g (1.8 oz)
Size: Size 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color: White, Black, Gray
Underparts: Rust-brown
Upperparts: Brown-black and gray feathers with pale brown edges.
Back Pattern: Striped or streaked
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

Flight

Topo Map: Sandpiper-like Flight

Flight Pattern: Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 36-41 cm (14-16 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Pointed Tail
Tail Pattern: Solid
Upper Tail: Gray-black
Under Tail: Gray
Leg Color: Gray-brown

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Red Phalarope

Red Phalarope: Medium-sized sandpiper with dark gray upperparts and rufous neck and underparts. Head has white face, black cap, and a thick, straight, yellow bill with black tip. Feeds on small fish, insects and aquatic invertebrates. Flight is swift and direct with rapid wing beats.

● Song: "twik", "clink-clink"

● Foraging & Feeding: Red Phalarope: Feeds on insects, small mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic worms, plankton, and small fish. Wades into water to forage; finds food on surface and in shallows.

● Breeding & nesting: Red Phalarope: Three to four olive green eggs blotched with black or brown are laid in a shallow scrape on the ground lined with grass, lichens, and moss. Incubation ranges from 18 to 20 days and is carried out by the male.

● Similar species: Red Phalarope: Red-necked Phalarope has a longer, thinner, black bill. Stilt Sandpiper has longer legs, dark streaks on breast and flanks, and lacks gray patch around the eye. Wilson's Phalarope lacks wing stripe, has a white rump and tail, and longer bill.

Flight Pattern

Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats.

● Range & Habitat: Red Phalarope: Breeds in Alaska and northern Canada; migrates along both coasts, very rarely in interior. Winters mainly at sea in Southern Hemisphere; irregular along the Pacific coast.

^BreedingPromiscuous, Polyandrous

^PopulationYes but uncommon

^MigrationMigratory

^Weight1.8 Ounces

Sandpiper-like Head

Sandpiper-like Body

Sandpiper-like Flight

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

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Red Phalarope

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