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Phalaropus lobatus

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Red-necked Phalarope

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Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). © Andy Bankert; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Andy Bankert; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). © Dorian Anderson; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Dorian Anderson; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). © Jory Teltser; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Jory Teltser; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). © Zak Pohlen; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Zak Pohlen; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). © Cedrik von Briel; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Cedrik von Briel; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). © Isaac Polanski; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library.
© Isaac Polanski; Cornell Lab of Ornithology | Macaulay Library
Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus). Photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Public Domain (U.S. Government Work), via ECOS.
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, https://www.usa.gov/government-works
Identity
Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.105225
Element CodeABNNF20020
Record TypeSPECIES
ClassificationSpecies
Classification StatusStandard
Name CategoryVertebrate Animal
IUCNLeast concern
Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumCraniata
ClassAves
OrderCharadriiformes
FamilyScolopacidae
GenusPhalaropus
Synonyms
Lobipes lobatus
Other Common Names
Falaropo Cuello Rojo, Pollito de Mar Boreal (ES) Falaropo-do-Norte (PT) Phalarope à bec étroit (FR)
Concept Reference
American Ornithologists' Union (AOU). 1998. Check-list of North American birds. Seventh edition. American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C. [as modified by subsequent supplements and corrections published in The Auk]. Also available online: http://www.aou.org/.
Taxonomic Comments
Often has been placed in the monotypic genus Lobipes (AOU 1983). Previously known as the northern phalarope. Combined allozyme, morphologic, and mtDNA data suggest that Wilson's phalarope evolved shortly after the phalarope lineage itself arose and that the phalaropes are monophyletic (Dittman and Zink 1991).
Conservation Status
Rank MethodExpertise without calculation
Review Date2016-04-09
Change Date2001-03-15
Edition Date2001-03-15
Edition AuthorsHammerson, G., and S. Cannings
Number of Occurrences> 300
Rank Reasons
Widespread holarctic breeder; better inventory needed, but may have undergone major declines in portions of its breeding range.
Range Extent Comments
BREEDS: across low Arctic or Subarctic of the Northern Hemisphere, south to southern Alaska, northwestern British Columbia, northern parts of southern Canadian provinces, Labrador, northern British Isles, Scandinavia, and northern Asia. WINTERS: at sea, mainly south of equator (Godfrey 1966); abundant off coast of Peru, in Indian Ocean, and in South China Sea; accidental in Hawaii; winter range of birds seen in migration in southeastern Canada is not known (Duncan 1996).
Threat Impact Comments
Cause of decline in Maine-New Brunswick is unknown but may involve a shift to a new staging area (Duncan 1996).
Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

In winter: primarily pelagic, sometimes occurring in migration on ponds, lakes, open marshes, estuaries, and bays (AOU 1983), costal lagoons, salinas, sewage ponds. May occur along coast especially during stormy weather. Nests in grass-sedge borders of ponds and lakes (AOU 1983), often far from the sea; wet marshy areas of tundra and in taiga; low arctic and subarctic (coastal and low arctic tundra, northern boreal forest regions). Nest is a depression, lined and domed with grass. See also Rodrigues (1994).

Ecology

Nonbreeding: gregarious, typically in small flocks.

Reproduction

Breeding begins late May to early June (Harrison 1978); early to mid-June in far north. Male usually incubates 4 eggs for 22 1/2 days (Terres 1980). Hatching occurs early to mid-July in far north. Young tended by male, can fly at less than 3 wk. Female leaves after male begins incubating eggs or shortly after hatching. Mating system monogamous, or serially polyandrous, sometimes simulataneously polyandrous. Nestlings precocial and downy. Nests in loose colonies.
Terrestrial Habitats
Tundra
Palustrine Habitats
HERBACEOUS WETLANDRiparian
Other Nations (2)
United StatesN4B
ProvinceRankNative
New MexicoS4NYes
GeorgiaSNRNYes
IllinoisSNAYes
IndianaSNAYes
PennsylvaniaS4MYes
KentuckySNAYes
NebraskaSNRNYes
North DakotaSNRMYes
OhioSNAYes
New JerseyS4NYes
South DakotaSNAYes
WisconsinSNAYes
New HampshireSNAYes
ArkansasSNAYes
District of ColumbiaS1NYes
CaliforniaSNRNYes
Rhode IslandSNAYes
OklahomaS2NYes
MassachusettsS4NYes
New YorkSNRNYes
MaineS3NYes
WyomingS3NYes
IdahoS3MYes
MissouriSNAYes
FloridaSNRNYes
AlaskaS4BYes
KansasSNAYes
MontanaSNAYes
Navajo NationS4MYes
TexasSNAYes
ArizonaS4MYes
MichiganSNRNYes
MinnesotaSNRMYes
DelawareS4MYes
MarylandSNAYes
VermontSNAYes
WashingtonS4NYes
UtahS3Yes
OregonSNAYes
North CarolinaSNAYes
NevadaS4MYes
IowaS1NYes
South CarolinaSNAYes
VirginiaSNAYes
ColoradoSNAYes
AlabamaSNRMYes
CanadaN4B,N3N
ProvinceRankNative
British ColumbiaS3B,SNRMYes
LabradorS4BYes
QuebecS3BYes
AlbertaSUBYes
Island of NewfoundlandS3NYes
SaskatchewanS4B,S3MYes
Prince Edward IslandSNAYes
New BrunswickS3MYes
Yukon TerritoryS3BYes
OntarioS3B,S4MYes
Nova ScotiaS2MYes
Northwest TerritoriesS3Yes
ManitobaS3BYes
NunavutS3BYes
Threat Assessments
ThreatScopeSeverityTiming
11 - Climate change & severe weatherPervasive (71-100%)UnknownLow (long-term)
11.1 - Habitat shifting & alterationPervasive (71-100%)UnknownLow (long-term)

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Roadless Areas (95)
Alaska (68)
AreaForestAcres
Bering LakeChugach National Forest965,076
Bering LakeChugach National Forest965,076
Bering LakeChugach National Forest965,076
Boston BarChugach National Forest53,617
Boston BarChugach National Forest53,617
CalderTongass National Forest9,857
ChichagofTongass National Forest555,858
Chilkat-West Lynn CanalTongass National Forest199,772
Chugach-12Chugach National Forest8,116
Chugach-12Chugach National Forest8,116
Chugach-12Chugach National Forest8,116
Chugach-13Chugach National Forest13,337
Chugach-14Chugach National Forest184
Chugach-14Chugach National Forest184
Chugach-15Chugach National Forest56
Chugach-15Chugach National Forest56
Chugach-17Chugach National Forest19,954
Chugach-17Chugach National Forest19,954
Chugach-21Chugach National Forest634
Chugach-21Chugach National Forest634
College FiordChugach National Forest1,130,818
College FiordChugach National Forest1,130,818
College FiordChugach National Forest1,130,818
Copper River WetlandsChugach National Forest85,972
Copper River WetlandsChugach National Forest85,972
Copper River WetlandsChugach National Forest85,972
EudoraTongass National Forest195,022
FanshawTongass National Forest48,248
Fidalgo-GravinaChugach National Forest257,968
Fidalgo-GravinaChugach National Forest257,968
Fidalgo-GravinaChugach National Forest257,968
GravinaTongass National Forest37,381
Johnson PassChugach National Forest152,508
Johnson PassChugach National Forest152,508
Kashevarof IslandsTongass National Forest4,747
Kenai MountainsChugach National Forest306,600
Kenai MountainsChugach National Forest306,600
MontagueChugach National Forest204,875
MontagueChugach National Forest204,875
Nellie JuanChugach National Forest713,697
Nellie JuanChugach National Forest713,697
North BaranofTongass National Forest314,089
North KruzofTongass National Forest33,146
North KupreanofTongass National Forest114,660
Port AlexanderTongass National Forest120,681
Prince William Sound Is.Chugach National Forest118,698
Prince William Sound Is.Chugach National Forest118,698
RedoubtTongass National Forest68,347
ResurrectionChugach National Forest224,615
ResurrectionChugach National Forest224,615
RevillaTongass National Forest29,298
Salmon BayTongass National Forest22,793
Sheridan GlacierChugach National Forest224,683
Sheridan GlacierChugach National Forest224,683
Sheridan GlacierChugach National Forest224,683
Sitka UrbanTongass National Forest112,003
South KruzofTongass National Forest55,193
South KuiuTongass National Forest62,452
Taku-SnettishamTongass National Forest664,928
Twenty MileChugach National Forest198,775
Twenty MileChugach National Forest198,775
Upper SitukTongass National Forest16,789
Upper SitukTongass National Forest16,789
Upper SitukTongass National Forest16,789
Windham-Port HoughtonTongass National Forest161,952
Yakutat ForelandsTongass National Forest323,648
Yakutat ForelandsTongass National Forest323,648
Yakutat ForelandsTongass National Forest323,648
California (5)
AreaForestAcres
Callahan FlowModoc National Forest6,618
Glass MountainInyo National Forest52,867
Log Cabin SaddlebagInyo National Forest15,165
Mt. JacksonHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest20,721
WildhorseCleveland National Forest1,483
Colorado (1)
AreaForestAcres
San MiguelSan Juan NF64,263
Montana (2)
AreaForestAcres
Bear - Marshall - Scapegoat - SwanLolo National Forest118,485
North AbsarokaCuster National Forest21,063
Nevada (1)
AreaForestAcres
Table Mtn. - EastHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest87,789
Oregon (13)
AreaForestAcres
HellholeUmatilla National Forest65,679
Hurricane CreekWallowa-Whitman National Forest1,606
Mt. BaileyUmpqua National Forest18,401
TahkenitchSiuslaw National Forest5,799
TenmileSiuslaw National Forest10,818
TenmileSiuslaw National Forest10,818
TenmileSiuslaw National Forest10,818
Umpqua SpitSiuslaw National Forest2,090
Umpqua SpitSiuslaw National Forest2,090
West - South BachelorDeschutes National Forest25,994
WoahinkSiuslaw National Forest5,309
WoahinkSiuslaw National Forest5,309
WoahinkSiuslaw National Forest5,309
Utah (1)
AreaForestAcres
WellsvilleWasatch-Cache National Forest1,717
Washington (2)
AreaForestAcres
EntiatWenatchee National Forest72,617
Rock CreekWenatchee National Forest32,239
Wyoming (2)
AreaForestAcres
Gros Ventre MountainsBridger-Teton National Forest106,418
Wilderness Study AreaTarghee National Forest51,961
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