About Red-Necked Phalarope:
- It is a small shorebird known for spinning frantically on water to stir up small invertebrates.
- Scientific Name: Phalaropus lobatus
- Habitat and Distribution:
- This species has a circumpolar distribution.
- A long-distance migrant, it breeds in Arctic bogs and winters at sea in the tropics, often travelling overland.
- Russian breeders winter in the southwest Pacific, North American birds off Peru, and European birds mainly in the Arabian Sea.
- Conservation Status:
- IUCN Red List: Least Concern
