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Wilson's Phalarope -
Grote Franjepoot
-
Steganopus tricolor, Phalaropus tricolor

Image ID:
5443
Date: 
14/07/2014
Location: 
Salt Lake,
Utah,
USA
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: 
bird |
wader |
shorebird |
phalarope |
wilson's phalarope |
phalaropus tricolor |
steganopus tricolor |
vogel |
steltloper |
franjepoot |
grote franjepoot |
wetlands in prairie region |
wetlands in taiga region |
grassy plains with small potholes |
hay meadows |
pastures in vicinity of water |
marshy grassland |
marshes with open grassy fringes |
after breeding on large shallow hypersaline lakes |
not common at coast |
not a pelagic phalarope |
wetlands in prairies en steppe |
wetlands in de taiga |
grazige vlaktes met plassen |
hooiweiden en graslanden in nabijheid van water |
vochtige graslanden |
moerassen met open grazige omgeving |
na het broeden op grote ondiepe zoutmeren en plassen |
niet algemeen aan de kust |
geen typische pelagische franjepoot
Category: 
Birds |
Non-passerines |
Sandpipers, Snipes and Phalaropes |
Places |
North America |
USA |
Salt Lake
Image type: 
Digital
Link to image:
http://bernardvanelegem.com/image/wilsons-phalarope-1

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