Birds · La Saladita, Guerrero

Red Phalarope

Phalaropus fulicarius

Spanish: Falaropo pico grueso

Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius)
Photographed by santiagob1986 on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

The red phalarope (called grey phalarope in Europe), Phalaropus fulicarius, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrating mainly on oceanic routes and wintering at sea on tropical oceans. Most often recorded in Dec.

TaxonomyAves › Charadriiformes › Scolopacidae
Local records1 research-grade observation within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records3,901 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2025 – 2025
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/phalaropus-fulicarius/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.