Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Phalaropus
eBird Code
wilpha

Distribution

breeds inland marshes of western and central Canada to west-central USA; molt migration to hypersaline lakes of western Canada and USA; winters mainly saline montane lakes from Peru to Argentina; also western coast of South America from Ecuador southward, and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego

Vocalizations

Julia Carr · CC0_1_0

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.