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title: "Red Phalarope"
description: "Phalaropus fulicarius — Uccelli. The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/red-phalarope
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Red Phalarope

> Phalaropus fulicarius — Uccelli. The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader.

- Scientific name: *Phalaropus fulicarius*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mare e costa), `arctic` (Artico)
- iNaturalist observations: 3870
- Wikidata: [Q208335](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q208335)
- iNaturalist taxon: [73203](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/73203)

## Names

- en: Red Phalarope
- de: Thorshühnchen
- es: Falaropo pico grueso
- fr: Phalarope à bec large
- nl: Rosse franjepoot
- pt: Falaropo-de-bico-grosso
- pl: Płatkonóg płaskodzioby

## Countries with the most observations

US (1427), CA (296), FR (163), GB (146), ES (91), SJ (77), PT (74), RU (70), DE (43), MX (37), NL (37), CL (27)

## Summary

The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrates mainly on oceanic routes, wintering at sea on tropical oceans.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_phalarope

## Photo

![Red Phalarope](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-phalarope/medium.jpg)

Photo: pete_gateley · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/187347562

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-phalarope?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).