Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) female (breeding plumage)
Description
Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) female in breeding plumage; Fairport, New York, USA. Original uploaded from Flickr account of Dominic Sherony
Date 6 July 2007, 14:14
Source Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) https://www.flickr.com/photos/9765210@N03/741288885/
Author Dominic Sherony https://www.flickr.com/people/9765210@N03
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Phalaropus_tricolor_-_breeding_female.jpg
The Wilson's phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering in inland salt lakes near the Andes in Argentina. They are passage migrants through Central America around March/April and again during September/October. The species is a rare vagrant to western Europe. This species is often very tame and approachable. Sometimes it is placed in a monotypic genus Steganopus. Order: Charadriiformes, Suborder: Scolopaci, Family: Scolopacidae, Genus: Phalaropus, Species: Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819), Synonyms: Steganopus tricolor.