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Wilson's Phalarope

Phalaropus tricolor

681Records since 2000
SeptemberPeak month
24Counties with records

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May74
Jun13
Jul4
Aug29
Sep272
Oct250
Nov39
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England121
2Kent England74
3Essex England60
4Cambridgeshire England49
5Sefton England45
6Isles of Scilly England42
7Cornwall England11
8Portsmouth England11
9Isle of Wight England10
10North Lincolnshire England7
11Redcar and Cleveland England7
12Armagh City, Banbridge and Craig Northern Ireland5
13Gloucestershire England4
14East Lothian Scotland4
15Dorset England3
658 England12 Scotland4 Wales7 Northern Ireland

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 24 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
681
Peak month
September
Counties with records
24
Scientific name
Phalaropus tricolor
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Kent, Essex
Conservation designations
Bern Convention, Convention on Migratory Species
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Charadriiformes
Family
Scolopacidae
Genus
Phalaropus
Name with authority
Phalaropus tricolor (Vieillot, 1819)
Described
1819
Contributing datasets
3

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q45696 · GBIF 5229389