Galapagos Species Database
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Phalaropus tricolor
Falaropo Tricolor, Falaropo de Wilson, Wilson's Phalarope
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Phalaropus
Species
tricolor
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Steganopus tricolor Vieillot, 1819
Origin: Migrant
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Usually seen on lagoons on Isabela, Floreana, Santiago, Santa Cruz, and Genovesa
- Wiedenfeld, D.A. (2006) Aves, the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Check List 2006 2(2): 1-27.
- Lévêque, R. Bowman, R.I. & Billeb, S.L.. (1966) Migrants in the Galapagos area. Condor 68(1): 81-101.
- Harris, M.P. (1973) The Galápagos avifauna. Condor 75(3): 265-278.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- 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.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Phalaropus tricolor", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5328. Accessed 8 May 2025.