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 Death Valley National Park
Red-necked Phalarope
Phalaropus lobatus
Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla
Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca
Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius
Western Sandpiper
Calidris mauri
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Long-billed Curlew
Numenius americanus
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Lesser Yellowlegs
Tringa flavipes
Willet
Tringa semipalmata
Whimbrel
Numenius hudsonicus
📅 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 Death Valley National Park?
About 6% of visitor-days record a Wilson's Phalarope sighting in Death Valley National Park, based on 136 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Wilson's Phalarope in Death Valley National Park?
August has the highest sighting rate for Wilson's Phalarope in Death Valley National Park in our monthly data.