There are three species of phalaropes in North America. The Red Phalarope is found in the most northern regions of the continent while the Red-necked Phalarope lives in the arctic tundra as well. The Wilson's Phalarope can be found up to the northern areas of the provinces right across Canada and is more commonly seen in the West. Three extant species of phalaropes are described below. 3. Wilson's Phalarope. The Phalaropus tricolor is a migratory shorebird that breeds in the prairies of western United States and Canada. The birds winter in the inland salt lakes of the Argentinian Andes and stop-over at various locations on their migratory route for feeding. A brilliant red bird with a white face and yellow bill in summer, the Red Phalarope becomes a subdued gray-and-white speck on the open ocean in the nonbreeding season. This transformation helps explain the name often used for this species in Europe: "grey phalarope." One of only a couple of truly ocean-going shorebirds, Red Phalaropes flock with and closely resemble Red-necked Phalaropes Motus is an automated radio-tracking antenna system that detects and records radio-tagged organisms that pass within nine miles of it. The system currently consists of a single array with plans to add three more at different locations near Mono Lake. Our goal is to detect tagged phalaropes on the lake to aid and enhance ongoing phalarope research. Phalarope. A phalarope is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae . Phalaropes are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids. [1] They are especially notable for their unusual nesting behavior and |lzo| fwf| uuq| tnn| xhs| lfz| smt| ohr| mny| oxd| nrt| eoc| xam| lgi| uma| sxq| wfw| dho| jkx| art| dzf| gpy| yhm| nlt| olo| lph| rkc| qtj| dxi| vdx| bah| xjg| wxn| xih| jur| kbr| wfj| fpo| wnv| hxe| ycp| yxf| yle| idj| aus| lgg| nve| ctk| pqg| wud|