Editing Red phalarope (section)

==Taxonomy==
In 1750, the English naturalist [[George Edwards (naturalist)|George Edwards]] included an illustration and a description of the red phalarope in the third volume of his ''A Natural History of Uncommon Birds''. He used the English name "The Red-footed Tringa". Edwards based his hand-coloured etching on a preserved specimen that had been brought to London from the [[Hudson Bay]] area of Canada by [[James Isham]].<ref>{{ cite book | last=Edwards | first=George | author-link=George Edwards (naturalist) | year=1750 | title=A Natural History of Uncommon Birds | location=London | publisher=Printed for the author at the College of Physicians | volume=Part III | page=142, Plate 142 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50196312 }}</ref> When the Swedish naturalist [[Carl Linnaeus]] updated his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' for the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|tenth edition]] in 1758, he included the red phalarope and placed it with [[phalarope]]s and [[sandpiper]]s in the [[genus]] ''[[Tringa]]''. Linnaeus included a brief description, coined the [[binomial name]] ''Tringa fulicaria'' and cited Edwards' work.<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | author-link=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title=Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | volume=1 | edition=10th | language=Latin | publisher=Laurentii Salvii | location=Holmiae (Stockholm) | page=146  | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/727053 }}</ref> The red phalarope is now one of three species placed in the genus ''[[Phalaropus]]'' that was introduced in 1760 by the French zoologist [[Mathurin Jacques Brisson]].<ref>{{ cite book | last=Brisson | first=Mathurin Jacques | author-link=Mathurin Jacques Brisson | year=1760 | title=Ornithologie, ou, Méthode Contenant la Division des Oiseaux en Ordres, Sections, Genres, Especes & leurs Variétés | language=fr, la | at=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36010448 Vol. 1, p. 50], [https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36210822 Vol. 6, p. 12] | place=Paris | publisher=Jean-Baptiste Bauche }}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=July 2021 | title=Sandpipers, snipes, coursers | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/sandpipers/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | access-date=14 October 2021 }}</ref> The species is [[monotypic]]: no [[subspecies]] are recognised.<ref name=ioc/>

The English and genus names for phalaropes come through French ''phalarope'' and scientific [[Latin]] ''Phalaropus'' from [[Ancient Greek]] ''phalaris'', "coot", and ''pous'', "foot". The specific ''fulicarius'' is from [[Latin]] ''fulica'', "coot". Coots and phalaropes both have lobed toes.<ref name=OED>{{Cite OED | Phalarope }}</ref><ref name=job>{{cite book | last= Jobling | first= James A | year= 2010| title= The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | url= https://archive.org/details/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling | publisher= Christopher Helm | location = London | isbn = 978-1-4081-2501-4 | pages=[https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n165/mode/1up 165], [https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n301/mode/1up 301] }}</ref>