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Red PhalaropeAlternate name(s): "Grey Phalarope" ![]() Size: 20-22 cm; wing span: 36-43 cm Weight: 55 g (average) |
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ADULT |
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NON-BREEDING |
Sex unknown |
Frontal view of a Red Phalarope in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sapal de Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setubal, Portugal, February 2023]
Frontal view of a Red Phalarope in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sapal de Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setubal, Portugal, February 2023]
Lateral view of a Red Phalarope in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sapal de Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setubal, Portugal, February 2023]
Lateral view of a Red Phalarope in non-breeding
plumage;
the rufous bar on the chest is from algae
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sapal de Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setubal, Portugal, February 2023]
Lateral view of a Red Phalarope in non-breeding
plumage;
the rufous bar on the chest is from algae
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sapal de Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setubal, Portugal, February 2023]
Lateral view of a Red Phalarope in non-breeding
plumage
feeding on something;
the rufous bar on the chest is from algae
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sapal de Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setubal, Portugal, February 2023]
Near-dorsal view of a Red Phalarope in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sapal de Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setubal, Portugal, February 2023]
Dorsal view of a Red Phalarope in non-breeding
plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Sapal de Alhos Vedros, Moita, Setubal, Portugal, February 2023]
Lateral view of a small mob of Red Phalaropes in non-breeding
plumage
in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Papoa, near Cape Carvoeiro, Peniche, Portugal, January 2023]
Lateral view of a small mob of Red Phalaropes in non-breeding
plumage
in flight
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Papoa, near Cape Carvoeiro, Peniche, Portugal, January 2023]
Lateral comparison of a Red Phalarope in non-breeding
plumage in flight
with a European Shag
in breeding plumage
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Papoa, near Cape Carvoeiro, Peniche, Portugal, January 2023]
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IMMATURE/JUVENILE |
Lateral view of a first-winter Red Phalarope
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Morraceira island, Figueira da Foz, Mondego estuary, Portugal, January 2023]
Lateral view of a first-winter Red Phalarope
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Morraceira island, Figueira da Foz, Mondego estuary, Portugal, January 2023]
Lateral view of a first-winter Red Phalarope, in comparison with a
Black-headed Gull
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Morraceira island, Figueira da Foz, Mondego estuary, Portugal, January 2023]
Lateral view of a first-winter Red Phalarope in flight, wings down
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Morraceira island, Figueira da Foz, Mondego estuary, Portugal, January 2023]
Lateral view of a first-winter Red Phalarope in flight, wings up
(photo courtesy of J. Pires)
[Morraceira island, Figueira da Foz, Mondego estuary, Portugal, January 2023]
Near-lateral view of a Red Phalarope in transitional
plumage
from juvenile to first-winter - note how the wing coverts
are already light-grey, while the black primaries are
still juvenile feathers
(photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Parc des Buttes Chaumonts, 19th district, Paris, France, October 2020]
Near-lateral view of a Red Phalarope in transitional
plumage
from juvenile to first-winter
(photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Parc des Buttes Chaumonts, 19th district, Paris, France, October 2020]
Lateral view of a Red Phalarope in transitional
plumage
from juvenile to first-winter
(photo courtesy of G. Normand)
[Parc des Buttes Chaumonts, 19th district, Paris, France, October 2020]