Species
Phalaropus fulicarius (Red phalarope)
Phalaropus fulicarius. Photo: (c) Paul Cools, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
The red phalarope (called grey phalarope in Europe), 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, migrating mainly on oceanic routes and wintering at sea on tropical oceans.
Sightings
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