Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor(Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
English (US) Wilson's Phalarope
The Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Scolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies) in the order Charadriiformes.
Range: breeds inland marshes of western and central Canada to west-central USA; molt migration to hypersaline lakes of western Canada and USA; winters mainly saline montane lakes from Peru to Argentina; also western coast of South America from Ecuador southward, and Argentina to Tierra del FuegoRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Phalaropus tricolor
- Order
- Charadriiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Steganopus tricolor
- Described by
- (Vieillot, LJP, 1819)
- Type locality
- Paraguay, ex Azara, no. 407.
- Original description
- Nouveau dictionnaire d'histoire naturelle, appliquée aux arts, à l'agriculture, à l'économie rurale et domestique, à la médecine, etc. Nouvelle édition 32 p.136
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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