Red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)

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Facts

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Aves
Order	Charadriiformes
Family	Scolopacidae
Genus	Phalaropus
Size	Body length: 18 cm Wingspan: 31 – 34 cm
Weight	up to 48 g

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Status

Protected under Schedule 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Annex 1 of the EC Birds Directive, and listed on Appendix II of the Bern Convention.