Red-necked Phalarope

Phalaropus lobatus

The red-necked phalarope, also known as the northern phalarope and hyperborean 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, winters at sea on tropical oceans.

Scientific name

Phalaropus lobatus

Family

Sandpipers and Allies

IUCN status

LC

Birds of Conservation Concern

Red