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.