Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-necked-phalarope

Scientific : Phalaropus lobatus

Order:  Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Phalaropus 

English:  Hyperborean Phalarope and a Northern Phalarope

Danish : Odinshane

Greenlandic : Naluumasortoq

Length: 8.7-9.4 in (22-24 cm)

Weight: 1.3-3.9 oz (38-110 g)

Wingspan: 15.3-16.9 in (39-43 cm)

Stein Ø. Nilsen, XC399829. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/39982

References:

Avibase The World Bird Database (2018). Phalaropus lobatus. Found at https://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=E6F3BA54577746FB

BirdLife International (2018) Species factsheet: Phalaropus lobatus. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org

Johnsgard, P. A. 1981. The plovers, sandpipers and snipes of the world. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, U.S.A. and London.

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