Field Guide for Greenlandic Birds

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Scientific:

Phalaropus fulicarius

Order:
Charadriiformes
Family:
  Scolopacidae
Genus:
  Phalaropus

English: Red Phalarope, Grey Phalarope, Red (Grey) Phalarope

Danish : Thorshane

Greenlandic: No Translation

Length: 21 cm

Wingspan: 42 cm

Male weight: 50 g

Female weight: 63 g

Fun Facts: Rather unusual for wading bird species, the female Red (Grey) Phalarope is larger than the male. Additionally, the same bird species is referred to interchangeably as the Red Phalarope or the Grey Phalarope.

Patrik Åberg, XC406388. Accessible at www.xeno-canto.org/406388.

References :

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

Tracy, D. M., D. Schamel and J. Dale. 2002. Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius), version 2.0. In The Birds of North America (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bna.698

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