Red Phalarope
Phalaropus fulicarius
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCharadriiformes (Caradriformes)
- FamilyScolopacidae (Sandpipers and Allies)
- GenusPhalaropus (Phalaropes)
- SpeciesPhalaropus fulicarius (Red Phalarope)
Closest Relatives at Sierra de Guadarrama National Park
Common Sandpiper
Actitis hypoleucos
Green Sandpiper
Tringa ochropus
Bar-tailed Godwit
Limosa lapponica
Spotted Redshank
Tringa erythropus
Common Redshank
Tringa totanus
Common Greenshank
Tringa nebularia
Dunlin
Calidris alpina
Common Snipe
Gallinago gallinago
Sanderling
Calidris alba
Little Stint
Calidris minuta
Curlew Sandpiper
Calidris ferruginea
Ruff
Calidris pugnax
📅 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 Red Phalarope in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
About 1% of visitor-days record a Red Phalarope sighting in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park, based on 65 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Red Phalarope in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park?
November has the highest sighting rate for Red Phalarope in Sierra de Guadarrama National Park in our monthly data.