Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius (Linnaeus, 1758)

Order: Charadriiformes Family: Scolopacidae Status: Vagrant to Madeira

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

Phalaropus fulicarius Biometrics

Wingspan: 40 - 44 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Total length: 20 - 22 cm (Beaman & Madge, 2011)
Weight: 50 - 75 g (Hume, 2002)

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

Status

Madeira local status by Correia-Fagundes et al, 2021: Occasional
Madeira local status by Romano et al, 2010: Exceptional
Madeira local status by Zino et al, 1995: Only 1 record
Conservation status by the IUCN Red List Categories, 2013: Least Concern ver 3.1

Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius

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