Editing Wilson's phalarope (section)

==Description==
[[Image:Wilson's Phalarope.jpg|thumb|left|First-cycle with some retained juvenile coverts]]
Wilson's phalarope is slightly larger than the [[red phalarope]] at about {{cvt|23|cm|in}} in length. It is a dainty shorebird with lobed toes and a straight fine black bill. The breeding female is predominantly gray and brown above, with white underparts, a reddish neck and reddish flank patches. The breeding male is a duller version of the female, with a brown back, and the reddish patches reduced or absent.

'''Measurements''':<ref>{{Cite web|title=Wilson's Phalarope Identification, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology|url=https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Wilsons_Phalarope/id|access-date=2020-09-27|website=www.allaboutbirds.org|language=en}}</ref>

* '''Length''': {{cvt|8.7|-|9.4|in|cm}}
* '''Weight''': {{cvt|1.3|-|3.9|oz|g}}
* '''Wingspan''': {{cvt|15.3|-|16.9|in|cm}}

In a study of breeding phalaropes in the province of [[Saskatchewan]], Canada, females were found to average around 10% larger in standard measurements and to weigh around 30% more than the males. Females weighed from {{cvt|68|to|79|g|oz}}, whereas males average {{cvt|51.8|g|oz}}.<ref name="Colwell" />
 
Young birds are grey and brown above, with whitish underparts and a dark patch through the eye. In winter, the plumage is essentially grey above and white below, but the dark eyepatch is always present. The average longevity in the wild is 10 years.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Wasser | first1 = D. E. | last2 = Sherman | first2 = P. W. | doi = 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00671.x | title = Avian longevities and their interpretation under evolutionary theories of senescence | journal = Journal of Zoology | volume = 280 | issue = 2 | pages = 103 | year = 2010 | doi-access = free }}</ref>