Littoral foraging by red phalaropes during spring in the northern Bering Sea
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Abstract
Phalaropes demonstrate considerable plasticity in their choice of foraging habitats. The Red Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicaria) alternates use of pelagic environments in winter and migration (Taning 1933, Stanford 1953, Briggs et al 1984) with wet tundra habitats during the breeding season (Kistchinski 1975, Mayfield 1979, Ridley 1980). Foods available and taken in littoral zones of the Arctic Ocean in fall have been identified (Conners and Risebrough 1978, Johnson and Richardson 1980), but otherwise little attention has been devoted to the transition between the marine and terrestrial periods of the Red Phalarope’s life history. We report phalarope use of littoral areas during spring in the northern Bering Sea and Kongkok Bay, St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. In addition, we describe phalarope foraging tactics and foods available in the sur zone, emphasizing this form of littoral foraging as an opportunistic and facultative feeding strategy.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Littoral foraging by red phalaropes during spring in the northern Bering Sea |
| Series title | The Condor |
| DOI | 10.2307/1368368 |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Year Published | 1988 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Cooper Ornithological Society |
| Contributing office(s) | Alaska Science Center |
| Description | 4 p. |
| First page | 723 |
| Last page | 726 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | Bering Sea, Kongkok Bay, St. Lawrence Island |
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