The Wilson’s Phalarope is a very attractive rather small wader. Phalaropes have the unique feeding method of spinning in shallow water to stir small invertebrates to the surface and then plucking them up.
They will also walk along the edge of the water like most other peeps.
Classification
Order: Charadriiformes
Family: Scolopacidae
Genus: Phalaropus
Species: P. tricolor
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