The bird life at Gjesværstappan

Latin (scientific) name - Phalaropus Lobatus.  Family name - Scolopacidae

Number of eggs - 4 eggs
Hatching time - 17 - 21 days
Age of independence - 14 days
Oldest known age - ?
Length from tip of bill to tail - 18 cm

Its passage is to the Persian Gulf and the Indian Ocean. The bird breeds near fresh water. They eat mainly insects in breeding season.

Svømmesnipe   Vesipääsky   Odinshane   Red-necked Phalarope   Smalnäbbad simsnäppa   Phalarope à becétroit   Grauwe franjepoot   Falaropo beccosottile   Odinshühnchen   Falaropo picofino   óðinshani   Płatkonóg szydłodzioby

- Birds in Ola's BirdGuide -

Puffin  |  Guillemot  |  Razorbill  |  Black Guillemot   Red-necked Phalarope   Purple Sandpiper  |  Shag  |  Cormorant  |  Arctic Skua  |  White-tailed Eagle  |  Raven  |  Carrion Crow  |  Gannet  |  Fulmar  |  Oystercatcher  |  Arctic Tern  |  Great black-backed Gull  |  Kittiwake Common Gull  |  Herring Gull  |  Eider  |  Goosander  |  Long-tailed Duck  |  Mallard  |  † Great Auk