Birds of Ecuador - Phalaropus


Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) Vercellese, Italy Breeding plumage. Male and female Red Phalaropes are similar.
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Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) Non-breeding plumage. Note two colored bill. Image credit: Peter Pearsall/USFWS
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The mid-sized phalarope of three. Generally out at sea and rarely seen. Similar to the Red-necked Phalarope in non-breeding plumage, but has a slightly shorter thicker bill that is not all black. Non-breeding Wilson's Phalarope is all grey.


Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) Morro Bay, California, United States Breeding plumage. Both sexes, unlike other phalaropes, have a red nape.
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Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) Beaumaris Lake, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Non-breeding plumage. Note dark ear mark (vs. Wilson's Phalarope) and thin black needle bill (vs. Red Phalarope).
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The smallest phalarope.


Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Male Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Breeding plumage.
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Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor) Female Vancouver, Canada Breeding plumage.
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The male is less colorful and marked differently than the female (and tends the nest). In non-breeding plumage both sexes are all greyish, unlike the other phalarope species which have black marks. Wilson's Phalarope is the largest phalarope species.