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[[Image:Wilsons_Phalarope.jpg|thumb|500px|right|Female in breeding plumage<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|smackay|smackay}}<br />Seattle, [[Washington]], May 2003]]
 
;[[:Category:Phalaropus|Phalaropus]] tricolor
 
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[[Image:Wilsons_Phalarope.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by smackay<br />Photo shows female in alternate plumage taken: Seattle, Washington.]]
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''Steganopus tricolor''
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
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23 cm.  (9.1 in) in length, with lobed toes and a straight fine black bill.  '''Breeding female''' - grey and brown above, white underparts, red neck, reddish flank patches. '''Breeding male''' - duller version of the female,  brown back, and the reddish patches reduced or absent.
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22–24 cm (8½-9½ in)<br />
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*Lobed toes
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*Straight fine black bill<br />
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'''Breeding female'''
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*White face
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*Gray wings with chestnut bands
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*Pinkish foreneck
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*Black eyestripe, which continues down sides of neck
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*White underparts
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*Square white rump<br />
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[[Image:Wilson's Phalarope SBNWR.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|HelenB|HelenB}}<br/>Wilson's Phalarope in flight, over [[San Bernard NWR]], Upper [[Texas]] Coast, April 2010]]
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'''Breeding male''' - duller than the female; may lack reddish patches
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*Brown back<br />
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'''Young birds'''
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*Gray and brown upperparts
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*White underparts
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*Dark patch through the eye<br />
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'''Non-breeding'''
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*Gray upperparts
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*White underparts
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*Retains dark eye patch
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====Flight====
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Shows square white rump and trailing yellow legs .
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====Similar Species====
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Can be confused with [[Lesser Yellowlegs]] and [[Stilt Sandpiper]] in winter plumage.
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==Distribution==
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[[Image:Phalaropus tricolor (Wilson´s Phalarope).jpg|thumb|350px|right|Wintering<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|Raul+Padilla|Raul Padilla}}<br />Singuilucan, [[Mexico]]]]
  
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Young birds- grey and brown above, white underparts, dark patch through the eye. In winter, grey above and white below, but the dark eyepatch is always present.
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Breeds in [[Canada]] and [[US]]; winters in western and southern [[South America]].
  
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Regular vagrant to the [[British Isles]], usually in the Autumn.
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==Taxonomy==
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This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
  
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==Distribution==
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It has sometimes been placed in a monotypic genus ''[[:Category:Steganopus|Steganopus]]''<sup>[[#References|[2]]]</sup>.
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[[North America]] and western [[Canada]], wintering around the central Andes in [[South America]].
 
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==Taxonomy==
 
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It is placed in a monotypic genus ''Steganopus''.
 
  
 
==Habitat==
 
==Habitat==
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Salt water lakes.
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Prairie lakes, marshes, pools, shores, mudflats, sand bars and river bankss.
 
==Behaviour==
 
==Behaviour==
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3-4 eggs are laid in a ground nest near water. Once the females lay their eggs, they begin their southward migration, leaving the males to incubate the eggs. The young feed themselves.
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====Breeding====
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The 3-4 eggs are laid in a ground nest near water. The male incubates the eggs and cares for the young. The chicks feed themselves once fledged.
  
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The females leave the breeding grounds soon after laying the eggs.
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====Diet====
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Their diet consists mostly of small water insects. They agitate the water by swimming in small circles.
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====Vocalisation====
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'''Voice''': a grunted ''aangh''<br />
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'''Flight call''': ''vit' or ''chu''
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug19}}#Avibase
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#Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728
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#Collins Field Guide 5th Edition ISBN 0 00 219900 9
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#BF Member observations
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{{ref}}
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
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{{GSearch|Phalaropus+tricolor}}
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{{GSearch|"Phalarop tricolor" {{!}} "Wilson's Phalarope"}}
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*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=1209&Bird_Image_ID=3329&Bird_Family_ID=138 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
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{{GS-checked}}1
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{{VSearch|"Phalarop tricolor" {{!}} "Wilson's Phalarope"}}
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[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phalaropus]]
 
[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Phalaropus]]

Latest revision as of 01:41, 8 April 2024

Female in breeding plumage
Photo © by smackay
Seattle, Washington, May 2003
Phalaropus tricolor

Steganopus tricolor

Identification

22–24 cm (8½-9½ in)

  • Lobed toes
  • Straight fine black bill

Breeding female

  • White face
  • Gray wings with chestnut bands
  • Pinkish foreneck
  • Black eyestripe, which continues down sides of neck
  • White underparts
  • Square white rump
Photo © by HelenB
Wilson's Phalarope in flight, over San Bernard NWR, Upper Texas Coast, April 2010

Breeding male - duller than the female; may lack reddish patches

  • Brown back

Young birds

  • Gray and brown upperparts
  • White underparts
  • Dark patch through the eye

Non-breeding

  • Gray upperparts
  • White underparts
  • Retains dark eye patch

Flight

Shows square white rump and trailing yellow legs .

Similar Species

Can be confused with Lesser Yellowlegs and Stilt Sandpiper in winter plumage.

Distribution

Wintering
Photo © by Raul Padilla
Singuilucan, Mexico

Breeds in Canada and US; winters in western and southern South America.

Regular vagrant to the British Isles, usually in the Autumn.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

It has sometimes been placed in a monotypic genus Steganopus[2].

Habitat

Prairie lakes, marshes, pools, shores, mudflats, sand bars and river bankss.

Behaviour

Breeding

The 3-4 eggs are laid in a ground nest near water. The male incubates the eggs and cares for the young. The chicks feed themselves once fledged.

The females leave the breeding grounds soon after laying the eggs.

Diet

Their diet consists mostly of small water insects. They agitate the water by swimming in small circles.

Vocalisation

Voice: a grunted aangh
Flight call: vit' or chu

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2019. The eBird/Clements Checklist of Birds of the World: v2019. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Avibase
  3. Collins Bird Guide ISBN 0 00 219728
  4. Collins Field Guide 5th Edition ISBN 0 00 219900 9
  5. BF Member observations

Recommended Citation

External Links

GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1


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