Red-necked Phalarope female

This female Red-necked Phalarope was at a small pond near the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway in the Northwest Territories of Canada. What striking plumage! Females of this species, in common with a few other members of the Scolopacidae, are more brightly coloured than the males in breeding season and after mating they leave the males to rear the young.

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