Editing Wilson's phalarope (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{distinguish|Wilson's snipe}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Wilson's Phalarope, Oregon 03 (cropped).jpg
| image_caption = Female (breeding plumage)
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn|author=BirdLife International|author-link=BirdLife International |year= 2016 |title= ''Steganopus tricolor'' |page= e.T22693472A93409634 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22693472A93409634.en|access-date=28 May 2024}}</ref>
| taxon = Phalaropus tricolor
| authority = ([[Louis Pierre Vieillot|Vieillot]], 1819)
| synonyms =
''Steganopus tricolor''
| range_map = Phalaropus tricolor map.svg
}}

'''Wilson's phalarope''' ('''''Phalaropus tricolor''''') is a small [[wader]]. This bird, the largest of the [[phalarope]]s, breeds in the prairies of [[North America]] in western [[Canada]] and the western [[United States]]. It is [[bird migration|migratory]], wintering in inland [[salt lake]]s near the [[Andes]] in [[Argentina]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://theadvocate.com/news/6695417-123/500000-birds-to-migrate-from|title=500,000 birds to migrate from Utah to Argentina|work=The Advocate|date=August 4, 2013}}</ref> They are [[passage migrant]]s through [[Central America]] around March/April and again during September/October.<ref name=Herrera/> The species is a rare vagrant to western [[Europe]].

This species is often very tame and approachable. Sometimes it is placed in a [[monotypic]] [[genus]] '''''Steganopus'''''.