Wilson's phalarope

noun

1. a phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, that breeds in the prairie regions of North America and winters in Argentina and Chile.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Wilson's phalarope¹

1820–30, Wilson's storm petrel

Example Sentences

This small species, the Wilson’s phalarope, arrives from the north in large numbers each summer to feed at the saline lake, preparing for a long journey to South America.

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In honor of the Wilson’s phalarope, or falaropo tricolor in Spanish, an artist painted matching murals beside the two lakes.

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He helped draft a 2024 petition urging the federal government to declare the Wilson’s phalarope a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

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As the lake shrinks, it becomes saltier, threatening the brine flies that are a key source of food for migrating birds such as the Wilson’s phalarope, a shorebird that breeds in North America and winters near the Andes mountains, said Deeda Seed of the Center for Biological Diversity.

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In turn, birds like the Wilson’s phalarope — a shorebird that breeds in North America and winters near the Andes mountains — will struggle to find enough nutrients.

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