Phalaropus tricolor Vieillot, 1819
Wilson's phalarope
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Family:  Scolopacidae (sandpipers)
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Environment:  others; freshwater; marine
Distribution:  Northeast Pacific, Northwest Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic: St Pierre Miquelon and South Orkney.
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Biology:  Not marine in life history or distribution. Aquatic. Tongue and palate adapted to filtering sea water out before ingesting its prey (Ref.87784).
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. 123251)
Threat to humans:  harmless
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