Red-Necked Phalarope

Red-Necked Phalarope Latest News

Chandu Budhera wetland recently emerged as a migratory stopover for the rare red-necked phalarope.

About Red-Necked Phalarope

• It is a small shorebird known for spinning frantically on water to stir up small invertebrates.
• Scientific Name: Phalaropus lobatus 

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Red-Necked Phalarope Habitat and Distribution

• This species has a circumpolar distribution. 
• A long-distance migrant, it breeds in Arctic bogs and winters at sea in the tropics, often travelling overland. 
• Russian breeders winter in the southwest Pacific, North American birds off Peru, and European birds mainly in the Arabian Sea. 

Red-Necked Phalarope Features

• It has a small head, short legs, and a thin needle-like bill. 
• Both sexes have a dark head with a white spot above the eye, white throat, and a dark back with bold, buff-coloured streaking. 
• The bright, chestnut-red stripe down the sides of the neck is distinctive. 
• Like all phalaropes, red-necked phalaropes show reversed sexual dimorphism.
• Females are the more brightly colorful and typically larger sex. 
• Males are responsible for incubating eggs and feeding young. 

Red-Necked Phalarope Conservation Status

It is classified as ‘Least Concern‘ under the IUCN Red List. 

Source: HT