Red-necked Phalarope | Bernard Van Elegem

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Red-necked Phalarope -
Grauwe Franjepoot
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Phalaropus lobatus

Image ID:

5450

Date:

14/07/2014

Location:

Description:

During summer Salt Lake holds amazing concentrations of Phalaropes. In the second half of July hundreds of thousands of Red-Necked Phalaropes are feeding on the billions of Brine flies (Ephydridae) and their larvae on the lake. In august more than one million of Wilson's Phalarope will be participating in the Brine fly and shrimp feast!

Keywords:

red-necked phalarope |

phalaropus lobatus |

grauwe franjepoot |

breeding from coast to interior of Arctic |

forest tundra |

alpine tundra |

near lakes and pools with marshy margins |

marshy areas with grass |

sedges and moss |

coastal moorland |

floodplains of large rivers |

during migration on inland saline and hypersaline lakes |

winters at sea |

in oceans with high availability of plankton |

broedt van de kust tot in binnenland van arctische gebieden |

alpiene toendra |

in nabijheid van meren en plassen omgeven door natte graslanden |

moerassen omgeven door zeggenvegetaties en veenmossen |

natte heide en venen aan de kust |

vloedvlaktes van grote rivieren |

op trek in binnenlandse zoutmeren |

overwintert op zee |

in oceanen met hoge planktonconcentraties

Category:

Non-passerines |

Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes |

North America |

Image type:

Digital

Link to image:

http://bernardvanelegem.com/image/red-necked-phalarope-5