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Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

Red-necked Phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus), Hokkaido, Japan

 

The red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans.

 

Source: Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-necked_phalarope

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Uploaded on August 6, 2014
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