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| Red Phalarope/Grey Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Juvenile moulting into 1st winter plumage |
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| Photographer : | © Alf Sichting |
| Location : | Zulgamai (Sulganej) Oasis, SW Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park, South Gobi, Mongolia |
| Date : |
August/September 2004 |
| English synonyms: | Gray Phalarope, Bank-Bird, Brown Bank-Bird, Flat-billed Phalarope, Grey Bank-Bird, Gray Bank-Bird, Gulf Bird, Mackerel Goose, Red-footed Tringa, Sea Goose, Sea Snipe |
| Bird Family : | Tringinae - Godwits, Curlews, Shanks, Sandpipers, Tattlers, Turnstones, Dowitchers, Knots, Stints, Dunlin, Ruff & Phalaropes |
| Bird Group : | CICONIIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Least Concern |
| Remarks : | First record for Mongolia: One P. fulicarius moulting from juv. to 1st winter plumage, together with 5 Red-necked Phalaropes P. lobatus (out of focus in the photograph) and other waders from at least 30 August to 2 September 2004 on open water in the oasis. Observers: Jürgen Fiebig and Alf Sichting. |
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