Red phalarope / Thorshühnchen (Phalaropus fulicarius)

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Wikipedia: Red phalarope Source: OTHER 1200px-Phalaropus_fulicarius_10.jpg
Classification: Genus Phalaropus; Family Shorebirds (Scolopacidae)
This bird appears across the great seas in the following continents: Europe, North America, South America, Africa.
General: The red phalarope or grey phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius) is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, migrating mainly on oceanic routes and wintering at sea on tropical oceans. [more]
Calls: Flight-call a short and sharp, Coot-like "kit". Cleaner and higher pitched than Red-necked Phalarope. Display sound a rolling cooing, at stable pitch. Other calls: a hissing like the squeezing of a rubber duck, rising quickly in pitch and ending abruptly. [Link]
Physical details: length=20-22 cm, wingspan=40-44 cm, weight=40-75 g

🔍 No documented observation