Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Allnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2005. Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 2.1. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA. Additional updates and changes by BirdPhotos.com 2016.
temperate zone inland marshes of Nearctic: w, c Canada and nw to wc USA
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
to hypersaline lakes of w Canada and USA for molt migration; then mainly saline montane lakes from Peru to Argentina; also w coast of South America from Ecuador s and Argentina to Tierra del Fuego
The male is less colorful and marked differently than the female (and tends the nest). In non-breeding plumage both sexes are all greyish, unlike the other phalarope species which have black marks. Wilson's Phalarope is the largest phalarope species.
Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN
Antarctica
AO
Atlantic Ocean
AU
Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL
Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO
Indian Ocean
LA
Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA
Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA
North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO
Northern oceans
OR
Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
