Red-Necked Phalarope : Spotted
A group of birders who visited Kurichi Tank in Coimbatore spotted a Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus).
- Red-necked phalarope is a fairly small shorebird known for spinning frantically on water to stir up small invertebrates.
- It has a circumpolar distribution and is found in both boreal and tundra zones between 60 and 70 degrees latitude.
- These phalaropes can be found in coastal regions of the Arctic Ocean, south to the Aleutians and Northwest to Britain.
- In the winter, it spends most of its time on the ocean.
- During this non-breeding season, phalaropes can be found off central-west South America, in the Arabian Sea and from central Indonesia to western Melanesia.
- The bird mainly feeds on small aquatic invertebrates and plankton.
- It exhibits a typical feeding behaviour of spinning on the surface of the water.
- During the breeding period, the species have chestnut-red plumage from behind the ear to the downsides of the neck.
- Females are observed to be polyandrous, that is, mating with more than one male.
- The males brood chicks and feed them.
- Conservation status
- IUCN: Least concern
Mnyama huyo anaitwa Phalarope, na ni mnyama anayeitwa Red-necked phalarope (Phalopus lobatus). - Phalarope mwenye shingo nyekundu ni ndege mdogo wa pwani anayejulikana kwa kuzunguka-zunguka kwa hasira juu ya maji ili kuchochea wanyama wadogo wasio na uti wa mgongo. Mimea hii inapatikana katika maeneo ya boreal na tundra kati ya latitudo ya digrii 60 na 70. - Phalaropes hizi zinaweza kupatikana katika maeneo ya pwani ya Bahari ya Aktiki, kusini hadi Aleutians na kaskazini magharibi hadi Uingereza. - Katika majira ya baridi kali, hutumia wakati wake mwingi baharini. - Wakati huu wa msimu usio wa kuzaliana, phalaropes zinaweza kupatikana nje ya Amerika ya Kusini ya kati-magharibi, katika Bahari ya Arabia na kutoka Indonesia ya kati hadi Melanesia ya magharibi. - Ndege huyo hula hasa wanyama wadogo wasio na uti wa mgongo wa majini na plankton. - Inaonyesha tabia ya kawaida ya kulisha ya kuzunguka juu ya uso wa maji. - Wakati wa kipindi cha uzazi, spishi hizo huwa na manyoya mekundu-kijivu kuanzia nyuma ya sikio hadi chini ya shingo. - Wanawake huonwa kuwa wenye kuoa na kuoa, yaani, wanaoa na wanaume zaidi ya mmoja. - Wanaume huzaa vifaranga na kuwalisha. - Hali ya uhifadhi - IUCN: wasiwasi mdogo