Description:

Smallest phalarope, with needle-like bill and slender neck; shorter wings and tail. Adult breeding has white throat and red stripe down side of grey neck. Adult non-breeding has prominent black mask and cap, with dark line running down hind neck; has dark grey upperparts.

Distribution:

Uncommon passage migrant through major waterways and lakes in Gilgit-Baltistan. Usually found in wide variety of wetlands; including marshes, lakes, river banks, boggy areas and grasslands. From lowlands up to 4000m during passage migration.

Behavior:

Forages by swimming, wading and walking; pecks at prey at water surface, from vegetation or mud, lunges, upends, seizes flying insects, and often spins around in shallow water. Diet chiefly insects, especially dipteran flies and their larvae, as well as beetles, caddisflies, ants and bugs; also other small invertebrates, including snails, crustaceans and annelid worms; some seeds.

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Range & Occurrence:

Resident Species

Summer Breeder

Winter Visitor

Passage Migrant

Distribution Map of Red-necked Phalarope in Gilgit-Baltistan (Status: )

Seasonal Occurrence of Red-necked Phalarope

Resources:

Birds of Pakistan: Helm Field Guides (R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
The Birds of Pakistan (T. J. Roberts)
Birds of the Indian Subcontinent (C. Inskipp, R. Grimmett & T. Inskipp)
Birds of South Asia: The Ripley Guide (P. Rasmussen & J. Anderton)
Birds of India: Collins Field Guide (N. Arlott)
Handbook of the Birds of India and Pakistan (S. Ali & S. D. Ripley)
Handbook of the Birds of the World (https://www.hbw.com)
The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 6th Edition
iNaturalist BoGB (inaturalist.org/projects/birds-of-gilgit-baltistan)
Birds of Gilgit-Baltistan (http://fb.me/birdsgb)

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