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Wildlife
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Red-necked Phalarope
(Phalaropus lobatus) M |
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RANGE: Breeds from northern Alaska and southern
Victoria Island to central Keewatin and southern Baffin Island,
south to northwestern British Columbia and northern Alberta
across to northern Quebec, and locally along coast of Labrador.
Winters mainly at sea in the Southern Hemisphere, largely in
tropical and subtropical oceans.
STATUS: Uncommon.
HABITAT: Inhabits the wetter portions of flat alluvial plains,
sedge-grass marshlands, clearings in alder and willow scrub, and
heath covered slopes above alder and willow scrub. In winter,
occurs near upwellings or where other local conditions produce a
high biomass of accessible food organisms.
SPECIAL HABITAT REQUIREMENTS: Wet grassy or sedgy terrain
interspersed with pools, boreal clearings, or tundra.
NEST: Nests in a small hollow in moss or among sedges, usually
atop a small hummock surrounded by water or near a marshy pond
or small stream.
FOOD: Forages while swimming, wading, and walking, chiefly on
invertebrates. During the breeding season and in migration, eats
predominately small insects, especially adult flies and larvae.
Also consumes mollusks, crustaceans, spiders, mites, worms, and
rarely small fishes and tadpoles, as well as some seeds and
algae.
REFERENCES: Bent 1927, Clapp et al. 1983, Cramp and Simmons
1983, Hohn 1968, Miller 1999, Palmer 1967, Shunk 2004. |
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