Wilson's Phalarope
Phalaropus tricolor
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusPhalaropus (Phalaropes)
- SpeciesPhalaropus tricolor (Wilson's Phalarope)
Closest Relatives at Badlands National Park
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Marbled Godwit
Limosa fedoa
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Stilt Sandpiper
Calidris himantopus
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Wilson's Phalarope in Badlands National Park?
About 2% of visitor-days record a Wilson's Phalarope sighting in Badlands National Park, based on 18 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wilson's Phalarope in Badlands National Park?
May has the highest sighting rate for Wilson's Phalarope in Badlands National Park in our monthly data.