Galapagos Species Database

The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.

Phalaropus fulicarius Linnaeus, 1758

Falaropo rojo, Red (Grey) Phalarope

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Chordata

Class
Aves

Order
Charadriiformes

Family
Scolopacidae

Genus
Phalaropus

Species
fulicarius

Taxon category: Accepted

Origin: Migrant

Status

Least concern

Distribution

Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.

References

  • Freile, J.F. Santander, T., Jiménez-Uzcátegui, G., Carrasco, L., Cisneros-Heredia, D., Guevara, E., Sánchez-Nivicela, M., Tinoco, B. (2019) Lista Roja de las aves del Ecuador Quito, Ecuador. 97 pp.
  • Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
  • Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.

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"Galapagos Species Database, Phalaropus fulicarius", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5145. Accessed 31 October 2026.