A phalarope is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae.
Phalaropus lobatus
Wilson's Phalarope, Oregon 03
Wilson's Phalarope, Oregon 02
Red Necked Phalarope Iceland 2006
Scolopacidae is a large family of shorebirds, or waders, which mainly includes many species known as sandpipers, but also others such as woodcocks, curlews, and snipes. Most of these species eat small
Phalarope
…A phalarope is any of three living species of slender-necked shorebirds in the genus Phalaropus of the bird family Scolopacidae. Phalaropes are close relatives of the shanks and tattlers, the Actitis and Terek sandpipers, and also of the turnstones and calidrids. They are…
Eurasian Woodcock Scolopax rusticola, Keski Karjala, Finland 365403651
White-rumped sandpiper nest with four eggs
The least sandpiper is the smallest species of sandpiper
Sandpipers spending the non-breeding season in Roebuck Bay, Western Australia