What Animal Lives Where

Where has the Red-necked Phalarope been recorded?

Phalaropus lobatus occurrence evidence comes from 48,709 records in 38 countries and territories, from 1862 to 2026. Most records come from Sweden.

Red-necked Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope — Photo (display-sized rendition): Andreas Trepte · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons
AvesCharadriiformesScolopacidaePhalaropus

Observation evidence passport

Evidence found

48,709 records across 38 countries and territories, 1862–2026.

Phalaropus lobatus · GBIF taxon key 5739290

Source coverage

CC0 GBIF Animalia occurrence facets, including country, month and year summaries.

Refreshed 2026-09-23. Inspect the taxon on GBIF.

What this means

The species has been recorded in the listed places in the stated source universe. Peak month: May.

5 months reach at least 10% of the peak facet count.

What this does not mean

repeated describes the record pattern, not a formal range, residency, abundance or conservation assessment.

A single record remains evidence of a recording, not proof that a population lives there.

Compare this animal’s observation pattern

When it is recorded

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Peak month: May. Records cluster in the months an animal is present and being looked for, so a summer peak can reflect observer effort as much as the animal.

Records over time

18622026

Recording effort has risen steeply almost everywhere since the 1990s, so a rising line usually shows more observers rather than more animals.

Where Red-necked Phalarope has been recorded

The countries below show where occurrence evidence exists for Red-necked Phalarope. They do not define a complete habitat range: survey effort differs by place, and historical or one-off records can appear alongside repeated presence.

PlaceRecordsShare
Sweden 41,232
United States 5,623
Belgium 1,105
Canada 404
Russia 110
Iceland 42
Austria 41
Mexico 21
Japan 15
Colombia 12
United Kingdom 9
Germany 8
Greenland 8
Norway 8
Spain 7
Finland 7
Indonesia 7
Iran 7
Mongolia 6
South Korea 5
Hong Kong 3
Panama 3
Peru 3
Taiwan 3
Ecuador 2
Netherlands 2
Oman 2
Senegal 2
Thailand 2
China 1
France 1
Greece 1
Ireland 1
India 1
Italy 1
Malaysia 1
Yemen 1
South Africa 1

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Record pattern: repeated
Repeated records across many years and months. This is inferred from how many years and months the animal appears in, not from a range map — treat it as evidence, not a formal assessment.