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..     GREY PHALAROPE (phalaropus fulicarius)     ..

a.k.a. RED PHALAROPE.

Image: John Gould

Size:-

Voice:-

Habitat:-

Status:-

Egg:-

Length: 20-22cm

Wingspan: 36-41cm

Weight: 40-60g

 

Call: sharp, high-pitched, metallic 'pit'

Song: far-carrying, buzzing 'brrreep'

 

Summer: tundra.

Winter: open sea, occassionally offshore.

 

Rare

Green

 

 

?x?mm

N.B. EGG COLLECTING IS MURDER. IT IS IMMORAL AND IT IS AGAINST THE LAW.

Extra Info:-

Lifespan:-

Population:-

Unknown

100-1000 breeding on Iceland

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