Sandpipers, Snipes

Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

The Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a 56 g ocean-going bird that eats mostly fish and other water animals. It migrates.

Family

Sandpipers, Snipes

Order

Charadriiformes

Weight

56 g

Habitat

Marine

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Migrant

Countries recorded

31

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