Red-necked phalarope: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the red-necked phalarope lives – recorded in 42 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Phalaropus lobatus
Group	Waders, gulls, terns & auks
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	42 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
Mass	6.3 g (birth weight); 35 g (male organism, adult weight); 39 g (female organism, adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae

Where does the red-necked phalarope live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the red-necked phalarope in 42 countries and territories across Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania and South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa, South America.

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a red-necked phalarope?

Wikidata records the following for the red-necked phalarope: mass 6.3 g (birth weight); 35 g (male organism, adult weight); 39 g (female organism, adult weight).

Is the red-necked phalarope endangered?

The red-necked phalarope’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the red-necked phalarope?

The red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) is a bird in the order Charadriiformes and the family Scolopacidae, genus Phalaropus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the red-necked phalarope

The red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), also known as the northern phalarope and hyperborean phalarope, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Red-necked phalarope (revision 1368584595), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q206840 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).