BirdUp · Species
Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius(Linnaeus, 1758)
- Order
- CHARADRIIFORMES
- Family
- Scolopacidae
- Genus
- Phalaropus
At a glance
The Red Phalarope is a medium-sized bird, about 20–22 cm long, listed as Least Concern. It can be seen year-round.
- Size
- 20–22 cm
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
- Best seen
- Year-round
- Commonness
- Common
01 · Identification
How to tell it apart
What does a Red Phalarope look like?
The Red Phalarope is a medium-sized bird, about 20–22 cm long and weighing 35–80 g.
The red phalarope or grey phalarope 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.
Description · wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0
03 · When
When to look
When can you see a Red Phalarope?
The Red Phalarope is present across its Australian range year-round, so it can be seen in any month.
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05 · Behaviour
Habits and haunts
What does a Red Phalarope eat?
The Red Phalarope feeds on planktonic crustaceans and mollusks at sea; insects and larvae on breeding grounds., usually foraging in surface-picking while swimming or often spinning in circles to create vortices..
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