Phalaropus tricolor

Wilson's phalarope

SPECIES

1. KingdomAnimalia
2. PhylumChordata
3. ClassAves
4. OrderCharadriiformes
5. FamilyScolopacidae

Habitatmarine

Observations recorded511,947

A medium-sized (9 inches) wader, the male Wilson’s Phalarope in summer is most easily identified by its gray crown, black face, white throat, pale rust-red breast, and light gray wings with dark edges. The female Wilson’s Phalarope is similar but duller, especially on the back and face. Winter birds of both sexes are light gray above and pale below with a light gray head, and forehead and faint gray eye-stripes. This species is unmistakable in summer; in winter, it may be separated from the related Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) and Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) by its plainer wings as well as its longer bill and legs. Wilson’s Phalarope breeds primarily in the west-central United States and southwestern Canada, with smaller populations in the Great Lakes and further north and east in Canada. In winter, this species migrates south to southwestern South America, being most common from southern Peru to northern Argentina. This species’ temperate-zone breeding grounds, terrestrial wintering grounds, and exclusively New World distribution separate it from the other two phalarope species, which breed across the arctic and winter at sea. Wilson’s Phalaropes breed in a

via GBIF

🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

3,340

With media

338

Family

Scolopacidae

Collections

MVZ, DMNH, UWYMV

Recorded in

United States

Bird sounds

• call· United States· quality A
• call· Brazil· quality A
• call· Mexico· quality A
• call· United States· quality A

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