#phalaropus

[herpsandbirds]

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), female, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Chicago, IL, USA

Female phalaropes are more colorful than males, and the females court the males. The drably colored males tend the eggs and nest, after the female lays them.

photograph by Tony Dvorak Cornell Lab of Ornithology

[best-bird-tournament]

Phalarope (Phalaropus)

[tbalderdash-art-blog]

Migratory May Day 19: Red-Necked Phalarope

Reference photo by Dorian Anderson

[triruntu]

#583, a female red-necked phalarope!

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[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Wilson's Phalarope

Photo: Mick Thompson

"Phalaropes reverse the usual sex roles in birds: Females are larger and more colorful than males; females take the lead in courtship, and males are left to incubate the eggs and care for the young. Wilson's Phalarope is an odd shorebird that swims and spins on prairie marshes. The other two species of phalaropes nest in the Arctic and winter at sea, but Wilson's is a bird of inland waters, nesting mostly on the northern Great Plains. Huge numbers may gather in fall on some salty lakes in the west, such as Mono Lake and Great Salt Lake, before migrating to South America."

- Audubon Field Guide

[podartists]

Wassertreter, Phalaropus lobatus | Die Vögel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library

[gergarnero]

FALAROPO PICOGRUESO

PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS NOMBRE CIENTÍFICO: PHALAROPUS FULICARIUS. LONGITUD: 20 A 22 CM. PESO: 40 A 80 GRAMOS. MIGRACIÓN: MIGRATORIO. ESTADO: COMÚN. UBICACIÓN: CIRCUMPOLAR ALREDEDOR DEL ÁRTICO, OESTE Y SUR DE AMÉRICA, OESTE DE ÁFRICA. A DIFERENCIA DE LAS MAYORÍAS DE LAS AVES ZANCUDAS QUE VIVEN EN LAS RIBERAS O SUS ALREDEDORES, FALAROPO PICOGRUESO ES UN NADADOR EXCELENTE Y PASA GRAN PARTE DEL TIEMPO…

[okartichoke]

so i may have thought abt this a bit :p. something something i am cringe but i am free something something

mostly a Fey (Maya) spread but i got SO EXCITED when i discovered the takahē, so have bonus phoenix

for the feys: honorable mention to eclectus parrots, the belted kingfisher, and the genus phalaropus for being species with brighter females,, and especially to the cardinal for symbolizing a loved one’s spirit being close by in a lot of cultures.,, for now though, i just stuck with crows (and cuz the mia a drew a couple weeks ago could accidentally work as crow wings)

link to masterpost

[thelostcanyon]

Wilson’s Phalaropes (Phalaropus tricolor), Willcox, Cochise County, Arizona.

[spinus-pinus]

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

6/15/2023 Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, California

[herpsandbirds]

The Ruff (Calidris pugnax), male, in full breeding plumage, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Norway

photograph by donini_photography

Buff-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris subruficollis), HE STRUTT!!!, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, North Slope of Alaska

photograph by Stephen Dunaway

Spoon-billed Sandpiper (Calidris pygmaea), breeding plumage, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, breeds on the coast of the Bering Sea, winters in SE Asia

photographs by tareq’s photography

Stilt Sandpiper (Calidris himantopus), family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, TX Coast, USA

photograph by James Corgill

Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa limosa) mating, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Germany

photograph by Andreas Trepte

Wilson’s Snipe (Gallinago delicata), feeding in the mud, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Bolivar Peninsula, TX, USA

photograph by Bettina Arrigoni

Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor), female, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, Chicago, IL, USA

Female phalaropes are more colorful than males, and the females court the males. The drably colored males tend the eggs and nest, after the female lays them.

photograph by Tony Dvorak Cornell Lab of Ornithology

Ruddy Turnstone (Arenaria interpres), breeding plumage, family Scolopacidae, order Charadriiformes, FL, USA

photograph by Hans Hillewaert

(FOR @l-mop)

[skwonkk]

Animals that live in both Brazil and Canada

Abralia redfieldi

Abudefduf saxatilis (sergeant major)

Accipiter striatus (sharp-shinned hawk)

Actitis macularius (spotted sandpiper)

Anas platyrhynchos (mallard)*

Apis mellifera (western honey bee)*

Ardea alba (great egret)

Arenaria interpres (ruddy turnstone)

Armadillidium vulgare (common pill woodlouse)*

Ascalapha odorata (black witch)

Asio flammeus (short-eared owl)

Athene cunicularia (burrowing owl)

Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale)

Bartramia longicauda (upland sandpiper)

Botaurus exilis (least bittern)

Bubo virginianus (great horned owl)

Buteo platypterus (broad-winged hawk)

Buteo swainsoni (Swainson's hawk)

Calidris alba (sanderling)

Calidris bairdii (Baird's sandpiper)

Calidris canutus (red knot)

Calidris fuscicollis (white-rumped sandpiper)

Calidris himantopus (stilt sandpiper)

Calidris minutilla (least sandpiper)

Calidris pusilla (semipalmated sandpiper)

Calidris subruficollis (buff-breasted sandpiper)

Cathartes aura (turkey vulture)

Chaetura pelagica (chimney swift)

Charadrius semipalmatus (semipalmated plover)

Chordeiles minor (common nighthawk)

Coccyzus americanus (yellow-billed cuckoo)

Columba livia (rock pigeon)

Cornu aspersum (garden snail)

Cypseloides niger (black swift)

Dendrocygna autumnalis (black-bellied whistling duck)*

Dermochelys coriacea (leatherback sea turtle)

Falco peregrinus (peregrine falcon)

Falco sparverius (American kestrel)

Gallinula galeata (common gallinule)

Leucophaeus atricilla (laughing gull)

Limosa haemastica (Hudsonian godwit)

Harmonia axyridis (Asian lady beetle)*

Hylephila phyleus (fiery skipper)

Lasiurus cinereus (hoary bat)

Leptoglossus occidentalis (western conifer seed bug)*

Lepus europaeus (brown hare)*

Limax maximus (leopard slug)*

Limnodromus griseus (short-billed dowitcher)

Lucilia sericata (common European greenbottle fly)

Magallana gigas (pacific oyster)*

Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale)

Numenius phaeopus (whimbrel)

Nycticorax nycticorax (black-crowned night heron)

Orcinus orca (orca)

Pandion haliaetus (osprey)

Parasteatoda tepidariorum (common house spider)

Passer domesticus (house sparrow)

Peprilus triacanthus (American butterfish)

Phalaropus tricolor (Wilson's phalarope)

Phoebis sennae (cloudless sulphur)

Pholcus phalangioides (long-bodied cellar spider)

Plegadis chihi (white-faced ibis)

Pluvialis squatarola (black-bellied plover)

Podilymbus podiceps (pied-billed grebe)

Progne subis (purple martin)

Rattus norvegicus (brown rat)

Rimapenaeus constrictus (roughneck shrimp)

Riparia riparia (bank swallow)

Setophaga striata (blackpoll warbler)

Stercorarius parasiticus (parasitic jaeger)

Sterna hirundo (common tern)

Sus scrofa (wild boar)*

Tringa flavipes (lesser yellowlegs)

Tringa melanoleuca (greater yellowlegs)

Tringa semipalmata (willet)

Tringa solitaria (solitary sandpiper)

Tyrannus tyrannus (eastern kingbird)

Tyto furcata (American barn owl)

Vireo olivaceus (red-eyed vireo)

* = not native to at least one of the two countries

[birdblues]

Wilson’s Phalarope

[na-bird-of-the-day]

BOTD: Red-necked Phalarope

Photo: Mick Thompson

"Phalaropes reverse the usual sex roles in birds: Females are larger and more colorful than males; females take the lead in courtship, and males are left to incubate the eggs and care for the young. Red-necked Phalaropes nest around arctic tundra pools and winter at sea. During migration they pause on shallow ponds in the west, where they spin in circles, picking at the water's surface. However, most apparently migrate offshore, especially in the east. Despite their small size and delicate shape, they seem perfectly at home on the open ocean."

- Audubon Field Guide

[dendroica]

Wilson's phalarope at Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge (via USFWS Mountain-Prairie)

Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS

[ifelten]

Odinshane (Phalaropus lobatus)

En usædvanlig trækgæst på besøg i Hornbæk Enge ved Randers.

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

An unusual migrant visiting Hornbæk Enge, Randers, DK.