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Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Falaropo de Wilson
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Breeding plumage female - Photo:
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Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor Falaropo de Wilson
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Breeding plumage female - Photo:
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A narrow-billed sandpiper that likes to swim. Female Phalaropes are more colorful than the males in breeding plumage, and sex roles are reversed in breeding. Length: 22-24 cm.; weight: male, 30-110 g., female 52-128 g. Audio (M. Oberle). The toes are partially webbed. Phalaropes often swim in circles to stir up prey in ponds. Breeds on wetlands in central North America, and winters primarily from coastal Peru through southern South America. Rare migrant on ponds and offshore in Puerto Rico (e.g. Cabo Rojo, 29 December 1999, 8 November 2000). TAXONOMY: CHARADRIIFORMES; SCOLOPACIDAE; Phalaropodinae |
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Breeding plumage male - Photo: G. Beaton
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Breeding plumage female - Photo: G. Beaton
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