Species: Phalaropus lobatus

Red-necked Phalarope

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Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Craniata

Class

Aves

Order

Charadriiformes

Family

Scolopacidae

Genus

Phalaropus

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Classification

Other Global Common Names

Falaropo Cuello Rojo, Pollito de Mar Boreal - Falaropo-do-Norte - phalarope à bec étroit

Informal Taxonomy

Animals, Vertebrates - Birds - Shorebirds

Formal Taxonomy

Animalia - Craniata - Aves - Charadriiformes - Scolopacidae - Phalaropus - (AOU 1983). Previously known as the northern phalarope. Combined allozyme, morphologic, and mtDNA data suggest that Wilson's phalarope evolved shortly after the phalarope lineage itself arose and that the phalaropes are monophyletic (Dittman and Zink 1991).

Ecology and Life History

Migration

false - false - true - Migration is primarily across oceans and along coasts. Migrates northward along coasts of North America late March-May; arrives in Beaufort Sea region late May-early June. Migration in North America is mainly along both coasts and regularly but less commonly through western interior. Females leave breeding areas in late June or early July, followed by successful males in late July and juveniles August-early September (Hayman et al. 1986). Fall migration in western interior mid-July to mid-October; large concentrations at Great Salt Lake. Huge flocks occur in migration in Bay of Fundy. Canadian population migrates mainly southwest toward Pacific coast; migration towards Peruvian coast is pelagic south of California (Hayman et al. 1986).

Non-migrant

false

Locally Migrant

false

Food Comments

Feeds on plankton, insects (larvae and adults), crustaceans, and mollusks; CALANUS copepods are the primary food in the Maine-New Brunswick area (see Duncan 1996). Feeds on water, often whirling around in circles (Terres 1980); also may pick food from emergent stones and vegetation. In fall migrations at Mono Lake, California, concentrates near shore, feeds on brine flies (Jehl 1986).

Reproduction Comments

Breeding begins late May to early June (Harrison 1978); early to mid-June in far north. Male usually incubates 4 eggs for 22 1/2 days (Terres 1980). Hatching occurs early to mid-July in far north. Young tended by male, can fly at less than 3 wk. Female leaves after male begins incubating eggs or shortly after hatching. Mating system monogamous, or serially polyandrous, sometimes simulataneously polyandrous. Nestlings precocial and downy. Nests in loose colonies.

Ecology Comments

Nonbreeding: gregarious, typically in small flocks.

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Weight

Conservation Status

NatureServe Global Status Rank

G4G5

Global Status Last Reviewed

2005-10-06

Global Status Last Changed

2001-03-15

Distribution

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Global Range

BREEDS: across low Arctic or Subarctic of the Northern Hemisphere, south to southern Alaska, northwestern British Columbia, northern parts of southern Canadian provinces, Labrador, northern British Isles, Scandinavia, and northern Asia. WINTERS: at sea, mainly south of equator (Godfrey 1966); abundant off coast of Peru, in Indian Ocean, and in South China Sea; accidental in Hawaii; winter range of birds seen in migration in southeastern Canada is not known (Duncan 1996).

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