Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

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.

Scientific name

Phalaropus fulicarius

Family

Sandpipers and Allies

IUCN status

LC