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n. - Type genus of any of several small wading birds resembling sandpipers but having lobed toes that enable them to swim.

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  • Storm petrels Oceanodroma spp. and phalaropes Phalaropus spp. visit from the ocean to feed.
  • The red-throated diver Gavia stellata, great northern diver Gavia immer, mallard Anas platyrhynchos, long-tailed duck Clangula hyemalis, rednecked phalarope Phalaropus...
  • The most striking example is that of the gray phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius).
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