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| Image details: |
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| Image Description: |
Grey Phalarope |
| Image notes: |
Grey Phalaropes have the same strange breeding habits as the Red-necked Phalarope. The females actively chase the males. When mated the male broods the eggs and takes care of the young till fledged while the females gather together to feed and preen. They are said to winter in the plankton-rich waters off West Africa. |
| Species in Image: |
Grey Phalarope |
| Date: |
1991 |
| Area: |
Spitsbergen |
| Old Haa Image Reference Number: |
btc08139SP |
| General details: |
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| Common Name |
Grey Phalarope |
| Latin Name |
Phalaropus fulicarius |
| Latin Group Name |
Charadriiformes |
| Latin Family Name |
Scolopacidae |
| Common Family Name |
Sandpipers, Snipes, Godwits, Curlews and Phalaropes |
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