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 Big Bend National Park
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
White-rumped Sandpiper
Calidris fuscicollis
Hudsonian Godwit
Limosa haemastica
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Solitary Sandpiper
Tringa solitaria
Upland Sandpiper
Bartramia longicauda
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Baird's Sandpiper
Calidris bairdii
Pectoral Sandpiper
Calidris melanotos
📅 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 Big Bend National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Wilson's Phalarope sighting in Big Bend National Park, based on 49 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wilson's Phalarope in Big Bend National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Wilson's Phalarope in Big Bend National Park in our monthly data.