{"id":14819,"date":"2026-05-24T13:15:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T07:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=14819"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:39:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T11:09:54","slug":"red-necked-phalarope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/red-necked-phalarope\/","title":{"rendered":"Red-Necked Phalarope"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Red-Necked Phalarope Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chandu Budhera wetland recently emerged as a migratory stopover for the rare red-necked phalarope.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Red-Necked Phalarope<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>small shorebird<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> known for <\/span><b>spinning frantically on water<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>stir up small invertebrates.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientific Name: Phalaropus lobatus\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Red-Necked Phalarope <\/b><b>Habitat and Distribution<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This species has a <\/span><b>circumpolar distribution.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A<\/span><b> long-distance migrant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it <\/span><b>breeds in Arctic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> bogs and <\/span><b>winters at sea in the tropics<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, often travelling overland.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Russian breeders winter <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the <\/span><b>southwest Pacific,<\/b> <b>North American birds off Peru,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b> European birds<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> mainly in the <\/span><b>Arabian Sea.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Red-Necked Phalarope <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>small head<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, short legs, and a<\/span><b> thin needle-like bill.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Both sexes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> have a <\/span><b>dark head<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with a <\/span><b>white spot above the eye, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">white throat, and a<\/span><b> dark back<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with bold, buff-coloured streaking.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>bright, chestnut-red stripe down the sides of the neck<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is distinctive.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like all phalaropes, red-necked phalaropes show reversed <\/span><b>sexual dimorphism<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Females are the more <\/span><b>brightly colorful<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>typically larger<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sex.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Males <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are <\/span><b>responsible for incubating eggs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>feeding young.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Red-Necked Phalarope <\/b><b>Conservation Status<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><b><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is classified as &#8216;<b>Least Concern<\/b>&#8216; under the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/iucn-red-list\/\" target=\"_blank\">IUCN Red List<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/cities\/gurugram-news\/rare-arctic-migratory-bird-spotted-at-chandu-budhera-wetland-101779325540204.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">HT<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Red-Necked Phalarope is a small shorebird known for spinning frantically on water to stir up small invertebrates. 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