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Phalaropus

a genus of birds of the family Charadriidae of the suborder Charadriiformes. The body is 16 to 20 cm long, and the toes have rounded lobes for swimming. In the summer the female is more brightly colored than the male. Of the three species, two—the northern phalarope (P. lobatus) and the red phalarope (P. fulicarius) —are distributed in polar regions, including parts of the USSR, in the tundra and forest tundra. The birds winter in tropical seas near the coast. They build their nests on the ground, with a clutch containing three or four eggs. The male incubates the eggs for about 20 days. Phalaropes feed on small invertebrates, found mainly in the water. The third species —Wilson’s phalarope (P. tricolor)—lives on the prairies of North America.

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Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor).--Phalaropus tricolor has become quite rare in the Calumet Region during the past decade; consequently, the 28 birds recorded at Roxanna Pond on 9 May 1978 (Kleen 1979) are noteworthy.

Birds of the Grand Calumet River basin

Peripheral Indeter- Genus N Vicariance isolates Sympatric minate Phalaropus 2 1 0 1 0 Platycercus 5 3 0 1 1 Pteroglossus 2 2 0 0 0 Ramphastos 3 1 0 1 1 Sphyrapicus 3 2 0 0 1 Gymnopithys 3 3 0 0 0 Iodopleura 2 2 0 0 0 Diglossa 3 1 1 0 1 Melospiza 2 0 0 1 1 Ammodrammus 8 2 0 2 4 Zonotrichia 4 1 0 1 2 Pipilo 3 1 0 1 1 Molothrus 4 1 0 1 2 TOTAL 44 20 1 9 14 As percentage of total 100.0 45.4 2.3 20.5 31.8 For the 13 lineages, 45.4% of the speciation events were determined to be vicariant speciation, 2.3% peripheral isolates speciation, 20.5% sympatric speciation, and 31.8% were indeterminate.

Modes of speciation in birds: a test of Lynch's method

Fat reserves and migration of Red-necked Phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) in the Quoddy region, New Brunswick, Canada.

Residency Times and Patterns of Movement of Postbreeding Dunlin on a Subarctic Staging Area in Alaska

Se realizaron 25 563 registros de 69, entre las que se reporta por primera vez en la region a Chlidonias niger y Phalaropus tricolor.

Distribucion de aves acuaticas y rapaces en un embalse dulceacuicola artificial de Baja California Sur, Mexico

himantopus indicated 0.61 0.11 breeders Buff-breasted Tryngites adjusted 1.00 0.10 sandpiper subruficollis total Long-billed Limnodromus indicated 1.00 0.10 dowitcher scolopaceus breeders Red-necked Phalaropus adjusted 1.00 0.10 phalarope lobatus total Red phalarope P.

Shorebirds breed in unusually high densities in the Teshekpuk Lake Special Area, Alaska

M Charadrius 1 -23.97 8.24 E hiaticida Phalaropus 1 -24.73 7.24 E fulicarius Pluvial is 6 -23.22 (0.66) 6.69 (0.62) E, M fulva Pluvialis 5 -23.81 (1.52) 6.65 (0.54) E squatarola Larus heuglini 10 -25.12(0.59) 9.16(1.25) E Larus 2 -23.44 (0.53) 12.18(2.09) E hyperboreus Lagopus mutus 3 -24.48 (0.14) 2.17(0.45) E Anthus cervinus 1 -25.13 8.74 M Calcarius 4 -24.92 0.45) 7.53 (0.61) M lappotticus Eremophila 6 -24.96 (0.90) 7.19 (3.33) M alpestris Luscinia 1 -24.69 8.28 M svecica Oenanihe 1 -24.24 7.89 M oenanthe Plectrophenax 8 -25.03 (0.73) 7.17(1.03) M, E nivalis Coregonus 2 -24.46 (0.86) 13.11 (0.14) M aututnnalis Coregonus 3 -25.37 (1.27) 11.99(1.07) M lavaretus Coregomis 3 -26.95 (0.22) 13.36 (0.47) M muksun Coregonus nasus 2 -22.37 (2.49) 11.02 (0.47) M Lota lota 1 -25.85 14.

Monitoring least weasels after a winter peak of lemmings in Taimyr: body condition, diet and habitat use

In our analysis, uniparental shorebird species included pectoral sandpiper (Calidris melanotos), buff-breasted sandpiper (Tryngites subruficollis), and the phalarope species (Phalaropus spp.).

Breeding ecology of birds at Teshekpuk Lake: a key habitat site on the Arctic Coastal Plain of Alaska

melanotos), red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius), red-necked phalarope (P.

Distribution and community characteristics of staging shorebirds on the northern coast of Alaska

South-directed movements of Arctic terns (Sterna paradisaea), red phalaropes (Phalaropus fulicarius), and jaegers were observed especially in area G, Bering Strait (see below).

Radar observations of Arctic bird migration in the Beringia region

Red-necked phalaropes (Phalaropus lobatus) breed in Arctic and Subarctic lowlands throughout the circumpolar region.

Pond characteristics and occupancy by red-necked phalaropes in the Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories, Canada

5000 [m.sup.2]) with high breeding densities of arctic tern and red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), and smaller numbers of nesting red phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius), long-tailed duck (Clangula hyemalis), mallard (Anas platyrhynchos), and red-breasted merganser (Mergus serrator).

Ross's gulls (Rhodostethia rosea) breeding in Greenland: a review, with special emphasis on records from 1979 to 2007

Phalaropus lobatus) in upland tundra, low-centre polygon, and sedge/willow habitats.

Effects of seismic lines on the abundance of breeding Birds in the Kendall Island Bird Sanctuary, Northwest Territories, Canada