Birds of the Upper Cumberland Region: Species Accounts

Wilson's Phalarope (Phalaropus tricolor)

Abundance: Rare (4 records in 3 counties, 2 in Kentucky and 1 in Tennessee, each involving a single individual).

Status: Transient during fall (4 records); photograph (see link below).

Information on Records: 

5 November 1991 (1) City Lake, Putnam County, Tennessee (Barbara H. Stedman; Stedman 1993).

3 August 2002 (1--juvenile) Fishing Creek, Pulaski County, Kentucky (Roseanna M. Denton; Busroe 2003a).

21 August 2007 (1) Cooley's Pond, Wayne County, Kentucky (Roseanna M. Denton photo and  unpubl. data).

25 August 2008 (1--juvenile) Thurston's Pond, Wayne County, Kentucky (Roseanna M. Denton unpubl. data).

YardWatch Results 2003 and 2004: No registrations.

Habitat: Usually, mudflats around small bodies of water.

Remarks: The Putnam County, Tennessee, sighting is one of the latest on record for  that state (Robinson 1990).

Counties with Observations (boldfaced):

To see a map (Figure 1) displaying the data in the table above, click on the boldfaced word in this sentence.

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