Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Phalaropus lobatus
Falaropo Picofino, Falaropo norteño, Northern Red-necked Phalarope
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Phalaropus
Species
lobatus
Taxon category: Accepted
Origin: Migrant
Distribution: Hansen and Ditte G. Christiansen reported a flock on a lagoon at La Lobería, San Cristóbal, on 22 November 1997. The two specimens in the MECCD collection are from land at Tortuga Bay, Santa Cruz, 18 September 1962 and one from 14-March 1975.
- 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.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Phalaropus lobatus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5146. Accessed 5 November 2026.