Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius [Linnaeus, 1758] |
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Page updated:16-January-2013 |
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Order:
Charadriiformes
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Family: Stercorariidae |
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BTO Codes:
PL, GREPH
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EURING No: 5650 | |
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Number in Britain:
166 records/year
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Conservation Status:
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Status in UK:
(A) Passage Visitor
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Subspecies:
Monotypic
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Length:
21 cm
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Wingspan: 42 cm |
Weight:
M: 50 g F: 63 g
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Scientific name from:
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Gr.: phalaris=the coot + pous=foot and L.: fulica=the coot + - arius=pertaining to |
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World Distribution:
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BREEDS, Greenland, Iceland, n Siberia, n North America, WINTERS: southern oceans south to Antarctica |
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Habitat:
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Coastal tundra, on migration seacoasts |
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Diet:
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Invertebrates, also plant material (esp seeds) on arrival on breeding grounds |
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In Britain, where we see it in winter dress, it is known as the Grey Phalarope, further north, on its breeding grounds it is more accurately known as the Red Phalarope on account of its stunning breeding plumage. |
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Population and Distribution |
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British Population Size:
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First Record:
Yorkshire, 1757
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Conservation Status:
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Previous Assessments:
2002-2007
Not Assessed
1996-2001
Not Assessed
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Habitat Occupancy (in the Breeding Season):
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European Population Size:
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Summer:
390 to 2 thousand pairs
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Listed on the Appendices/Schedules of:
Bern(III), Bonn(II), AEWA
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Breeding and Survival |
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Egg Size:
31 x 22 mm
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Egg Weight: 7.5 g (of which 5 % is shell) | ||
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Number of Nest Records:
0
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Clutch Size:
4 eggs
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Incubation:
18- 20 days
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by the: Male |
Fledging:
16 - 18days
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Precocial, downy
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First Clutches Laid:
Does not breed in Britain, or too few Nest Records
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Number of Broods:
1
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Number Ringed:
Annual Totals
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Adult Survival:
No data
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Juvenile Survival:
No data
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Age at First Breeding:
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Typical Lifespan:
No data
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Maximum Recorded Age:
Too few birds ringed
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Biometrics |
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Ring Size:
B2
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Wing Length
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Adult: | Insufficient Data |
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| Male: | Insufficient Data | |
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Weight
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Adult: | Insufficient Data |
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| Male: | Insufficient Data | |
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Other Names |
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| Red Phalarope | |
| Gaelic: Liathag-allt | Welsh: Llydandroed Llwyd |
| Danish: Thorshane | Dutch: Rosse franjepoot |
| Finnish: Isovesipääsky | French: Phalarope ą bec large |
| German: Thorshühnchen | Hungarian: Laposcsoru vķztaposó |
| Icelandic: Žórshani | Irish: Falaróp Gobmhór |
| Italian: Falaropo beccolargo | Norwegian: Polarsvųmmesnipe |
| Polish: Platkonóg plaskodzioby | Portuguese: Falaropo-de-bico-grosso |
| Spanish: Falaropo picogrueso | Swedish: Brednäbbad simsnäppa |
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| Wikipedia entry | |
| BirdLife species page | |
| Recent sightings and information from BirdGuides | |
| Details from the Patuxent Bird Identification Infocenter | |
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