phalarope
IPA: fˈæɫɑrˈoʊp
noun
- Any of three small wading birds in the genus Phalaropus, of the family Scolopacidae, that have lobed toes.
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Examples of "phalarope" in Sentences
- The typical avian sex roles are reversed in the three phalarope species.
- On the occurrence of the Rednecked Phalarope on inland waters in Bangalore.
- Other shorebirds that eat leaf-beetles are the Wilson phalarope and dowitcher.
- Such are the dotterel (Eudromias morinellus), several species of phalarope, an
- The most striking example is that of the gray phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius).
- In our June heatwave, the very rare female red-necked phalarope was sighted in the midlands, bringing crowds of watchers.
- Zemlya, though there has hitherto been observed there only the nearly allied _smalnaebbade simsnaeppan_, the red-necked phalarope
- The flesh of the phalarope is a great delicacy, like that of other waders which occur in the regions in question, but which I cannot now stay to describe.
- Wireworms and their adult forms, click beetles, are devoured by the northern phalarope, woodcock, jacksnipe, pectoral sandpiper, killdeer, and upland plover.
- Of birds the phalarope was still the most common species, especially at sea, where in flocks of six or seven it swam incessantly backwards and forwards between the pieces of ice.
- Representative species include snow, Brant and Canada goose; yellow-billed, Arctic, and red-throated loons; whistling swans; oldsquaw ducks; gyrfalcons; willow and rock ptarmigan; red-necked phalarope; parasitic jaeger; snowy owls; hoary redpoll and snow bunting.
- The red-throated diver Gavia stellata, great northern diver Gavia immer, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis, rednecked phalarope Phalaropus lobatus and the purple sandpiper Calidris maritima are believed to nest in the area, but at present no information is available to confirm this.
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