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Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor   [Vieillot, 1819]
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Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae
BTO Codes: WF, WILPH EURING No: 5630
Number in Britain: 4 records/year
Conservation Status:
UK: Not Assessed
European: Not evaluated
Global: Least Concern ( Details )
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Status in UK: (A)  Accidental
Subspecies: Monotypic
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Length: 23 cm Wingspan: 41 cm Weight: M: 50 g   F: 70 g    
Scientific name from: Gr.: phalaris=the coot + pous=foot and L.: tricolor=three-coloured
World Distribution: BREEDS: c North America, WINTERS: w&s South America
Habitat: Marsh & wet meadow, on migration lakes & mudflats
Diet: Mostly small aquatic invertebrates

Records and Distribution
First Record: Fife, 1954 (Hamilton, F.D. & Macgregor, K.S. 1955. British Birds 48:15-17)
Total Number of Records (1950-2007): 214 Summary of Records by Year
Most Likely to Occur in: August to October
Most Recent County Records:
   Scotland: Angus & Dundee (1970), Ayrshire (1978), Clyde (1984), Dumfries & Galloway (1991), Fife (1996), Highland (1985), Lothian (1987), Moray & Nairn (1997), Northeast (1984), Outer Hebrides (2005), Orkney (2002), Shetland (1988),
   North-east England: Cleveland (2005), Durham (2007), Northumberland (2005), East Yorkshire (1999), North Yorkshire (1972), South Yorkshire (1999), West Yorkshire (1978),
   North-west England: Cheshire (1991), Cumbria (1989), Lancashire (1991),
   English Midlands: Derbyshire (1965), Leicestershire (1991), Northamptonshire (1996), Nottinghamshire (1961), Warwickshire (1996), Worcestershire (2007),
   Eastern England: Bedfordshire (1972), Cambridgeshire (2007), Essex (2001), Lincolnshire (1987), Norfolk (1994), Suffolk (1991),
   South-east England: Berkshire (1987), Buckinghamshire (2007), Hampshire (2005), Kent (1988), Surrey (1997), East Sussex (1985), West Sussex (1991),
   South-west England: Cornwall (2006), Devon (2005), Dorset (2007), Gloucestershire (1990), Somerset (1995), Isles of Scilly (1995),
   Wales: Anglesey (1958), Carmarthen (1991), Caernarfonshire (1997), Denbighshire (1991), Flintshire (1997), Meirionnydd (1997), Radnorshire (1997),

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Other Names
Previously Steganopus tricolor
Gaelic: Welsh: Llydandroed Wilson
Danish: Wilsons svømmesneppe Dutch: Grote franjepoot
Finnish: Amerikanvesipääsky French: Phalarope de Wilson
German: Wilson-Wassertreter Hungarian: Wilson víztaposója
Icelandic: Freyshani Irish: Falaróp Wilson
Italian: Falaropo di Wilson Norwegian: Hvithalesvømmesnipe
Polish: Platkonóg trójbarwny Portuguese: Falaropo di Wilson
Spanish: Falaropo de Wilson Swedish: Wilsonsimsnäppa

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